To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a tribunal (a) has been required to meet to consider amendments, (b) found in favour of the application for amendment and (c) decided there would be no change to an Education, Health and Care Plan in each local authority area in each year since the plans were introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for appeals to the Tribunal against (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance assessments to be heard in (i) Leeds and (ii) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases which will have to be referred to the Crown Prosecution Service to establish if they were affected by compromised data from private forensic drug testing firm Randox Testing Services Laboratory.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases involving a conviction on the grounds of joint enterprise have been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission since it was established; and of those cases how many people have been given leave to appeal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many projects his Department has put on hold due to the requirements of planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Designated Public Places Orders: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for the offence of consumption of alcohol in a designated public place under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 were made by each police force in each year from 30 September 2008.
Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) Bill [HL]
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward a regulatory impact assessment of the Children Act 1989 (Amendment) (Female Genital Mutilation) [HL] Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in establishing what reforms to corporate liability for economic crime are necessary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil servants in his Department are currently working on planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how many have been moved from other projects to work on those plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals there have been involving SEND appeals in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those appeals were successful in each of those years.
What steps he is taking to reduce the number of cases in which people are repeatedly compelled to appear in a family court due to action by a former partner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the longest waiting time recorded from the lodging of a personal independence payment appeal to the confirmation of a date for the appeal tribunal, in each region of the UK in each year since its inception.
What steps his Department is taking to improve access to justice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Family Justice Board has met in each year since 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) geographical distribution of practicing legal aid solicitors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make up-skirting a criminal offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making legal aid available for refugee family reunion applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases heard at Calderdale Magistrates Court are now heard in (a) Bradford, (b) Huddersfield and (c) Leeds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 8402 on Personal Independence Payment: Appeals, what the average waiting time was for a personal independence payment appeal to be heard for the 2017-18 reporting period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of cases that were (a) lost and (b) dropped in areas where the local court has closed in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences against the person were committed by serving prisoners on prison staff in the last year for which information is available; and what the sentencing outcome was in each of those cases.
Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time for an employment support allowance appeal hearing was in (a) Barnsley and (b) nationally in (i) each of the last 12 months and (ii) the last 12 months overall in the most recent period for which data is available.
What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of pay for criminal legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the percentage of courts which currently have the technological capacity to host video links.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of increasing the number of registered intermediaries as set out in the Victims Strategy, published in September 2018, Cm. 9700.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were summonsed in (a) 2018, (b) 2016, (c) 2010 in West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for motor vehicle theft in the Nottinghamshire area in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of criminal duty solicitors available to provide legal aid in Coventry; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time was for a domestic violence charge to be heard in a court in (a) Calderdale and (b) West Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many forfeitures of residential leaseholds have taken place following the serving of a section 146 notice of the Law and Property Act 1925 in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent from the public purse on Registered Intermediaries in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the sale price was of each magistrates' court building sold in the last two years; and for how long each such building was not in use for court business prior to being sold.
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Security Guards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the HM Courts and Tribunals Service employ security personnel to assist with the processing of tribunal cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions the Family Justice (a) Council, (b) Young People’s Board and (c) Performance Improvement sub-group has met in each year since 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the Government plans to publish its review of the legal aid reforms brought in by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the changes to the civil standard of proof proposed in the recent consultation from the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal on users of legal services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often Cafcass professionals undergo mandatory specialist training on domestic abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) initial conviction and (b) sentence or penalty was in the road traffic cases overturned under Section 142 of the Magistrates Court Act 1980 as a result of manipulation of forensic testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the long term viability of the criminal duty solicitors scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the conviction ratio was for rape offences in the 12 months to June 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children are currently being represented by children and family court advisory and support service guardians in courts in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on the creation of a new offence of failure to prevent economic crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to receive the high conflict practice pathway from Cafcass designed to provide guidance to practitioners on cases of parental alienation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2017 on Toxicology, HCWS265, whether any civil cases have been subsequently identified by his Department as having been affected by manipulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of data available to his Department on the prevalence of parental alienation.
Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been granted legal aid in welfare cases in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to provide public information on the right of people to apply for a C650 Application notice to vary or set aside an order in relation to children as a result of the manipulation of forensic tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of people over the age of 70 that have not made a will.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what post-legislative scrutiny of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 the Government has undertaken; and when he plans to review Section 21 of that Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of courts that require repair work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average duration of the appeal procedure in 2018 against first-instance decisions was for (a) all nationalities, (b) Syrian appellants, (c) Afghan appellants and (d) Iraqi appellants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans does he have to increase the number of Registered Intermediaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Civil and Family Courts Service is taking to identify cases where decisions were taken on the basis of forensic testing provided by (a) Randox and (b) Trimega.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate the Government has made of the level of non-compliance with judgements in small claims courts; and what plans he has to strengthen the powers of courts to enforce judgements in small claims cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where the contact details for his Department's Data Protection Officer are published; and (a) how and (b) when those contact details were communicated to the Information Commissioner's Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to extend position of trust laws to sports coaches.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who was appointed to the role of Data Protection Officer in his Department on 4 November 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of prosecutions for psychoactive substances dealing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce the use of short prison sentences for women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many uses of force in each year from 2010 were (a) recorded at each high-security institution and (b) involved staff with less than three years’ experience.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many band three to five prison officers at each high-security institution left within three years of starting their role in each year from 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts were affected by the reported recent failure of digital infrastructure at HM Courts and Tribunals Service in (a) London, (b) the Midlands (c) North West England, (d) North East England and (e) Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the provisions of sections 16 to 24 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 to include (a) sports coaches, (b) driving instructors, (c) faith leaders and (d) other positions of trust; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle reported ongoing issues of poor connectivity and online disruption at HM Courts and Tribunals Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of current regulations on the conduct of bailiffs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what has been the contribution to the public purse from the sale of courts in 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has plans to hold tribunals in venues other than courtrooms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases concerning the Children's Act received legal aid in each year since 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the effect of leaving the EU on the UK’s legal sectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were rejected for legal aid for harassment cases in each year since 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received legal aid for harassment cases in each year since 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2019 to question 203778 on Designated Public Places Orders: Prosecutions, how many prosecutions there were for the offence of consumption of alcohol in a designated public place under the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 by location of the court in each year from 30 May 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of magistrates’ court closures on access to justice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of non-appearances by (a) defendants and (b) witnesses in magistrates’ courts over the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what legal aid will be available for (a) applications and (b) appeals in relation to the EU settlement scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid in cases concerning the Children's Act were rejected in each year since 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much of the £47 million allocated to his Department for Brexit preparations in 2018-19 and 2019-20 has been allocated to preparing for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his Department's policy is on grandparents' access rights to children after a family breakdown.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have received legal aid in cases concerning care proceedings in each year since 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) key performance indicators are for Amey under the prison maintenance contracts and (b) average annual performance of Amey has been against those indicators.
Disguised Remuneration Loan Charge Review
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people seeking refunds due to the changes made by the Morse Review have been refunded by HMRC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will commission a review of (a) the disposal of public land and (b) its potential use for social housing.
Land Use: Affordable Housing and Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on the availability of public land for the use for affordable and social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of empty residential properties in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of affordable houses being built in areas of greatest need.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of women in prison on a sentence of imprisonment for public protection that have children.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his objective to make tax digital for income tax self assessment, what latest estimate he has made of the numbers of UK businesses and landlords with annual business income above £100,000 who are (a) already fully converted to managing their records and payments digitally, (b) equipped to manage their records and payments digitally but not yet converted in full, and (c) not yet equipped to manage their records and payments digitally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for processing immigration appeals during 2015-2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken was for processing immigration appeals in 2016-2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to assess the (a) amount and (b) locations of all publicly-owned land which could potentially be made available for housing development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the reactive repair in-month completion rate was for each prison in (a) 2010 (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Retained EU Law Bill, whether he plans to (a) retain, (b) revoke or (c) replace the Town and Country Planning (Environmental) Regulations 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help provide new rented homes which are affordable for people earning the National Living Wage in Newcastle Central.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support he is providing to local planning authorities to help them facilitate increased levels of physical activity among people in their areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average annual (a) ground rent, (b) service charge, (c) administration charge and (d) other costs associated with owning a leasehold property.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Leasehold Advisory Service at protecting the rights of leaseholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of (a) empty and (b) second homes in (i) York and (ii) York Central over the last year for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to launch the Task Force on Older People's Housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the annual cost to the public purse is of Leasehold Advisory Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of new homes sold between 17 December 2019 and the introduction of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 on 30 June 2022 were leasehold properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of second homes in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to increase the speed of planning decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average increase per annum in ground rent for all categories of property under leasehold agreement in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of unoccupied dwellings in (a) York and (b) York Central constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Leasehold Advisory Service’s support for (a) leaseholders and (b) freeholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has taken recent steps to increase the construction of (a) social housing and (b) affordable homes in Hornsey and Wood Green constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of second home prevalence on housing (a) availability and (b) costs in areas where housing accommodation is limited.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to tackle housing scarcity for (a) first-time buyers and (b) social housing tenants in areas with high levels of (i) short-term holiday accommodation, (ii) second homes and (iii) housing costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the average cost per annum of ground rent for all categories of property under leasehold agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many units of housing were delivered as a result of funding under the Community Housing Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's plans to consult on a change to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 to enable local areas to better control changes of use to short-term lets, whether he expects to include in that consultation a proposal that a change of use application would be needed if a property is to revert from use as a short term holiday let to residential use; and what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of his proposed changes on the number of properties available for residential use in areas which have an above average number of properties in use as short term holiday lets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's plans to consult on a change to the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 to enable local areas to better control changes of use to short-term lets, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of such a change on the number of properties that are already used as short term holiday lets as of January 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of reinstating the Community Housing Fund on levels of housing supply.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on leaseholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of the 23.1 per cent increase in house prices in York in 2022 on access to the residential property market in that city for (a) young people and (b) those on low incomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the support provided by the Leasehold Advisory Service to seeking more information on cladding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the Community Housing Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many social rent homes were built (a) in the last 12 months and (b) in 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many council homes were built in (a) the last 12 months and (b) 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of new homes built in the last 12 months were classified as being under permitted development of pre-existing office blocks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make (a) the Music Venue Trust and (b) other charities statutory planning consultees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of his Department's policies on protecting residents from unscrupulous management companies; and whether he plans to take further steps to protect residents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Answer given on 14 December 2022 to Question 87813, on Gazumping, whether the evaluation of the effectiveness of voluntary reservation agreements mentioned in that Answer has been completed; and what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing voluntary reservation agreements in the home buying and selling process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes in (a) Newcastle Central and (b) the North East are classed as affordable housing in the most recent available figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will extend the deadline of his consultation on reform of the National Planning Policy Framework beyond 2 March 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to The Help to Buy: Equity Loan Funding Administration Agreement, what estimate he has made of the number of homebuilders who will fail to reach Practical Completion by 31 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of further extending the date all Help to Buy Eligible Dwellings must reach Practical Completion to 28 February 2023 to help avoid customer detriment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to The Help to Buy: Equity Loan Funding Administration Agreement, what estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy Eligible Dwellings that will have reservations cancelled as a result of failing to reach Practical Completion by 31 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on whether properties purchased using funding under the First Homes scheme have been repossessed as a result of mortgage default in (a) England, (b) Cheshire and (c) Weaver Vale constituency.
Regional Planning and Development: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Institution of Civil Engineers' policy position statement entitled Defining the outcomes from levelling up, published on 16 June 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill of that statement’s position that there should be clearer alignment between levelling up and net zero.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to create more social and affordable housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's policy is on sustainable construction in the building of new homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will conduct an impact assessment on the delivery of architecture courses across Welsh universities and in the Machynlleth Centre for Alternative Technology of the Architects Act 1997 (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 2015 to remove the requirement that heat pumps be placed one metre away from the property boundary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the reductions in the number of housing sales on the housing market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure effective public transport links for new, large housing developments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for large-scale housing developments to have sufficient childcare facilities available in the local area before planning permission is granted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many First Homes were completed in (a) total (b) the North West and (c) Weaver Vale constituency in the last 12 months.
Affordable Housing and Social Rented Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help ensure that sufficient social housing and affordable housing is being developed in each area; and whether he has reviewed housing numbers and tenure since publication of the Census data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual assaults were committed on the prison estate by male-born prisoners who identify as women in the most recent period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many local authorities have requested a reduction in housing numbers since his announcement that housing numbers will be issued as guidance rather than obligatory.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to make progress on the City of York Local Plan; and when he plans that the inspectors will publish their findings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what advice he received from his officials before making the decision on the recently approved coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce instances of attempted suicide and (b) improve the mental health in respect of prisoners diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of management companies increasing ground rent by the retail price index on leaseholders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) swift blocks and (b) other biodiversity measures for new homes as part of his proposals for reform of the planning system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to regulate the amount by which management companies can increase ground rents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the potential merits of extending the Help to Buy Practical Completion deadline of 31 January 2023 in exceptional circumstances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities on building housing on brownfield sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted murderers were recorded as being transgender in each year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sentencing guidelines have been put in place to provide for the consideration of the specific needs of transgender people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the shortlist of potential development partners for the York Central Infrastructure Project; and when he plans to announce the preferred bidder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the estimated total cost is of the York Central Infrastructure Project; and how much funding has been secured as of 26 January 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trans prisoners are detained in prisons which do not match their gender assigned at birth; how many trans prisoners have requested a complex cases board review; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the safety of trans prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has approved that analyses criminal justice policy from the perspective of trans offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a comprehensive definition for sustainable buildings in the National Planning Policy Framework as part of his Department’s objective to improve environmental outcomes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has approved that analyses how risk assessment panels understand the (a) risks being assessed and (b) needs of the female prison population when making decisions on placement of transgender people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help people living in flats with unsafe cladding, bought using Help to Buy loans, obtain specialist valuations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has approved that analyses the efficacy of prison placement policy of transgender people from the perspective of the prison management systems of (a) male and female prison officers and (b) female offenders in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what effect the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will have on property lettings for 28 days or less which are renewed on a fresh contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that property lettings for 28 days or less which are renewed on a fresh contract are classified as a residential use class and subject to Council Tax.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of service let homes in England which are let on contracts for periods of no longer than twenty-eight days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that properties let for 28 days for which the contract is rolled over for another period of up to 28 days will be classified as one continuous let.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the urban playground concept; and if he will make an assessment of potential merits of piloting that scheme in York.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the advice he has received from his officials on the coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new-build properties in Gravesham were allocated to each of the Council Tax Bands for the last 12 months for which data is available.
Offenders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of adults in the criminal justice system with suspected or diagnosed attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Prosecutions: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
To ask the Attorney General, what steps his Department is taking with the legal profession to raise awareness of ADHD in the decision-making process on prosecutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to adopt housing estates from planning developers more promptly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to encourage the inclusion in local plans of (a) cycling, (b) walking and (c) rights of way plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the new prison at Full Sutton will be operated by the public or private sector.
Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for extending the right to buy to housing association tenants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many FTE staff are employed at each grade at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the effect on HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff will be included in the evaluation of the flexible operating hours pilots at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of minimum staffing levels required for the flexible operating hours pilots to be undertaken at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which trade unions have been included on the Evaluation Advisory Group for the flexible operating hours pilots at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many men were sent to immediate custody from (a) Crown Courts and (b) magistrates' courts for sentences (i) below 6 months and (ii) 6 months or above in each police force area in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to people who are clinically extremely vulnerable and who work in (a) the health and social sector and (b) other sectors that may put them at further risk of infection from covid-19.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the average length of time it takes for lorries to pass through customs at the Port of Dover.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants that have appeared on video from police custody have been remanded by the court but have failed to be transported to prison at the end of the court day since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains his Department's policy to manage female offenders in the community through a community order, who would otherwise face a short prison sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations his Department has received from (a) the Advisory Board on Female Offenders and (b) members of that Board in relation to the adequacy of funding levels for the implementation of the Female Offender Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to mark the centenary of the first women getting the right to vote in 1918.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women sentenced to prison in 2017 for miscellaneous crimes against society received sentences of (a) 0 to 1 months, (b) 0 to 3 months, (c) 0 to 6 months, (d) 0 to 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women received an immediate custodial sentence for (a) less than six months and (b) six months or more in each of the four Police Force areas in Wales in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017 and (v) 2018 in each offence category.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme for (a) pregnant women and (b) women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of women serving custodial sentences are serving a sentence of six months or less.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women (a) known to be and (b) suspected of being pregnant were subject to physical restraint in each prison in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Prison Population Projections 2020 to 2026, England and Wales, published on 26 November 2020, whether the projected increases in prison populations for (a) adult women and (b) children reflect his Departmental policies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, How many of the women sentenced to prison in 2017 for and offence not recorded received sentences of (a) 0 to 1 months, (b) 0 to 3 months, (c) 0 to 6 months, (d) 0 to 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the recidivism rates for female prisoners who received (a) custodial prison sentences and (b) community supervision orders was by offence category as used in his Department's offender management statistics in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing a strategy for the health, welfare, education and rehabilitation of girls within the youth custodial estate in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women serving a custodial sentence have been a victim of domestic violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women serving sentences of one year or less have been recalled to prison since 31 March 2020; and, of those, how many have been recalled for failure to comply with licence provisions only.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that women eligible for release from prison are denied that release as a result of a lack of suitable accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on the publication of a national concordat on female offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of women held on remand in the year to March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women sentenced to prison in 2017 for public order offences received sentences of (a) 0 to 1 months, (b) 0 to 3 months, (c) 0 to 6 months, (d) 0 to 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women sentenced to prison in 2017 for summary non-motoring received sentences of (a) 0 to 1 months, (b) 0 to 3 months, (c) 0 to 6 months, (d) 0 to 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the Department to publish its female offenders strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that women are better represented in the UK judicial system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, How many women sentenced to prison in 2017 for summary motoring offences received sentences of (a) 0 to 1 months, (b) 0 to 3 months, (c) 0 to 6 months, (d) 0 to 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women sentenced to prison in 2017 for fraud offences received sentences of (a) 0 to 1 months, (b) 0 to 3 months, (c) 0 to 6 months, (d) 0 to 12 months, and (e) 12 months or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that secure accommodation is available for women released from prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions his Department has had with women's (a) organisations and (b) centres on the support that they can provide to women released from custody under the End of Custody Temporary Release Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it remains his Department's priority to reduce the use of short prison sentences for women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November to Question 118531, what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor the Exchequer and (b) other Cabinet colleagues on ensuring that adequate funding is in place for the services providing support to women leaving prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2020 to Question 58089, of the 230 women who were not deemed suitable for the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme how many (a) lacked suitable accommodation in the community, (b) no longer wished to proceed with their application and (c) were deemed to present an unacceptable level of risk if released.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress his Department has made on the implementation of the Female Offender Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies on the implementation of the Female Offender Strategy of the analysis of imprisonment rates for women in 2019 by police service area, published by the Prison Reform Trust on 10 December 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Queen's speech 2019, whether his Department's priorities for the Female Offender Strategy have changed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to implement the Female Offender Strategy 2018 and support women’s transition back into the community through securing employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the 2017 review by Lord Farmer entitled Importance of strengthening prisoners' family ties to prevent reoffending and reduce intergenerational crime, whether there are any women’s prisons that do not have in-cell telephones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the female offender strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the event that covid-19 lockdown restrictions in prisons are maintained or re-imposed, what steps the HM Prison and Probation Service is taking to ensure that women in prisons are able to access support, education and training services; and if he will extend the use of (a) Purple Visits and (b) other digital solutions to the provision of support services in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women have been released from prison without a confirmed permanent address in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2020 to Question 118531 on Prisons: Coronavirus, how many (a) pregnant women and (b) mothers of dependent children have entered prison since the end of March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what community-based pilot schemes for women-only offenders are in operation; what the reasons are for such schemes; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the judiciary is female.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his objective to make tax digital for VAT, what latest estimate he has made of the numbers of VAT-registered businesses with taxable turnover below £85,000 who are (a) already managing their records and making their returns using compliant software, (b) equipped to manage their records and make their returns using compliant software but not yet doing so, and (c) not yet equipped to manage their records and make their returns using compliant software.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the length time taken to transfer data in respect of the Postponed VAT Accounting system on small businesses.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Business, Energy and Industry Strategy Committee Select Committee hearing on 15 March 2022, for what reason HMRC was unable to provide banks with access to revenue data for companies applying for covid-related finance products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support prisoners with (a) dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties, (b) speech and language difficulties and (c) other special educational needs and disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners in England and Wales have (a) dyslexia and other Specific Learning Difficulties, (b) speech and language difficulties and (c) other special educational needs and disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of undiagnosed (a) dyslexia, (b) other specific learning difficulties, (c) speech and language difficulties and (d) other special educational needs and disabilities in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether new dedicated staff set to act as brokers for prisoners to secure quicker access to accommodation and services on release in eleven prisons will receive training on gender specific accommodation challenges for women prison leavers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the Departmental modelling that led to the announcement of up to 500 new prison cells in women’s prisons; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of those new cells on (a) women’s health and (b) child dependants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many incidents of self-harm have been recorded in women’s prisons since 31 March 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many women are serving (a) custodial and (b) suspended sentences where gambling has been identified as a relevant motivational factor in the offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) needs and (b) characteristics of girls in the youth justice system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement on the 23 January 2021 that up to 500 new prison places will be built in existing women’s prisons, if his Department will publish the modelling used in the programme’s Strategic Case that the recruitment of an extra 20,000 police officers is expected to cause a temporary increase in the female prison population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, which areas have a Whole System Approach (a) in place and (b) being planned in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made on the (a) identification and (b) delivery of five residential women’s centre sites across England and Wales as part of the implementation of the Female Offender Strategy.
What assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on support for women leaving prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many beds each planned residential women’s centre will provide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, what estimate he has made of the average start-up costs of a Whole System Approach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residential women’s centres his Department plans to develop; and where those centres will be sited.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Questions 151640, 151641, 151642, 151643 and 152427 on Residential Women's Centres (RWC), whether it is his policy that RWCs will be for women sentenced to a community sentence with time in a RWC as an additional requirement or for women being resettled after a prison sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the announcement of 26 November 2020 that £315 million will be allocated to enhance the condition of the existing prison estate, whether that includes spending on the announced 500 prison places for women in the existing estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle the disproportionality of women of ethnic minorities in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release, Extra funding for organisations that steer women away from crime, published on 23 January 2021, if will publish the Programme business case for the 500 new prison places to be built in existing women's prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the evidential basis is for residential women’s centres leading to a reduction in the level of crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences for sex offences are (a) women and (b) transwomen; and if he will make a statement.
Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Women
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will (a) review his policy on payments made under the Self Employment Income Support Scheme in order to discount average trading profits in the preceding three full tax years that were reduced as a result a self-employed woman having taken maternity leave and (b) make retrospective payments to affected women based on that revised calculation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving sentences in the women's prison estate are (a) women and (b) transwomen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is being offered to female offenders to reduce the number of women in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if residential women’s centres will be used exclusively for women released from prison to support resettlement.
What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Wales on the location of the new residential women's centre in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve the evidence base on the experience of girls in the youth justice system.
Residential Women's Centres: Voluntary Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether residential women’s centres will be (a) run and (b) managed by voluntary organisations with expertise in providing services to women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, what assessment he has made of the areas in England and Wales that do not have a Whole System Approach in place or being planned, but which are suitable for one.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to The Concordat on Women in or at risk of contact with the Criminal Justice System, published on 23 January 2021, what targets he has set against the metrics for (a) the criminogenic and responsivity needs of women in the community and custody, (b) arrests, (c) Out of Court Disposals, (d) prosecutions and court outcomes, (e) Liaison and Diversion, (f) Community Sentence Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders and associated treatment requirements, (g) Pre-Sentence Reports, (h) remand, (i) custodial sentences including details on length, (j) prison population, (k) safety in custody, (l) discipline in custody, (m) family ties and mothers in custody, (n) resettlement and (o) reoffending.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of longer and heavier lorries on UK roads on (a) safety and (b) smart motorways.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases have there been identified by the HMRC team looking into cases of false self-assessment filing to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls made to the HMRC self-assessment helpline were (i) answered and (ii) not answered within five minutes in each of the last 36 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to minimise the amount of interest charged to people whose self-assessment tax accounts are in query and who face delays in receiving information from HMRC.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has set targets for the length of time callers to HMRC's helpline for queries on self-assessment tax returns should wait before their call is answered.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of court cases relating to persons filing fraudulent self-assessment tax claims without the claimant's knowledge.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls made to the HMRC self-assessment helpline were not answered at all, in each of the last 36 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls made to the HMRC self-assessment helpline were (a) answered and (b) not answered within ten minutes in each of the last 36 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in January 2021 how many calls to HMRC's telephone advice lines for people completing a self assessment form were not answered by an HMRC call agent within (a) 20 minutes, (b) 15 minutes, (c) 10 minutes, (d) 5 minutes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the value for money achieved from advertising spend on HM Revenue and Customs' campaigns to ensure timely submission of self assessment forms from individual taxpayers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department has spent on advertising campaigns carried out by or on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs to encourage timely submission of self assessment forms by people in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether SA1 registration forms for Self-Assessment are retained by HMRC after processing.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of interest charged to people whose self-assessment tax accounts have been queried and who face delays in receiving information from HMRC.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in which types of media and platforms, advertising campaigns carried out by or on behalf of HM Revenue and Customs encouraging timely submission of self assessment forms by people have been placed in each of the last five years; and how much has been spent on (a) the placement of those campaigns, by each medium or platform used and (b) all other associated costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the full decision of the Parole Board in relation to the case of Ian Simms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a zero-tolerance policy in relation to (a) violence and (b) abuse against prison staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many episodes were recorded of segregation of (a) women and (b) men in custody in England in each of the past three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of violent crime in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women serving custodial sentences died by suicide during their sentence in each month in 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people (a) charged with and (b) convicted of violent offences in each of the last 10 years had previously served a prison term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including hon. Members in the Parole Board's decision-making process for parole for people convicted of very serious crimes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to collate data on the number of court days lost as a result of prisoners not being produced in court by companies operating prisoner escort contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of prison governors holding monthly health and safety meetings with representatives of staff unions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of inmates developing drug problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of the prison population who are illiterate; and what steps he is taking to tackle illiteracy in the prison population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that (a) elderly people and (b) elderly disabled people have access to high-quality social care in prisons in (i) Wales and (ii) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people who were released from prison following a decision by the Independent Parole Board were subsequently convicted and imprisoned for a further offence in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce rates of (a) self-harming and (b) suicide in prisons; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving IPP sentences have been the subject of recall appeals which are still awaiting determination; and what is the longest period for which any appellant has been waiting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure the safety of prison officers in Durham prison and young offenders institute.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve security standards in prisons to prevent the smuggling of illicit substances for inmates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to improve health and safety in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that facilities in prisons in (a) Wales and (b) England are accessible to (i) elderly people, (ii) elderly disabled people and (iii) disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are serving custodial sentences for each category of terror offence in each prison; and what the length of sentence is for each person.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on (a) reducing the level of prison violence and (b) improving the delivery of education and rehabilitation services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of health and safety reporting systems in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to increase the retention of prison officers.
What plans he has to increase the use of electronic tagging.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of mental healthcare provision in UK prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to prevent such prisoners being released with a drug dependency being subject to immediate recall as a result of that drug dependency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to set a maximum period within which an oral hearing for an appeal against recall on an Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence must be heard; and if he will make a statement.
What progress his Department has made on the sale of HMP Reading.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to collate data on the costs incurred as a result of prisoners not being produced in court by companies operating prisoner escort contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to collate data on the number of prisoners not produced in court by companies operating prisoner escort contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many health and safety reporting systems each prison has in operation; and if he will make a statement.
Prisoners' Release: Festivals and Special Occasions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners were not in prison accommodation overnight on the latest New Year's Eve for which information is held; what offences were committed by each such offender; and how many such offences were in which category of violent offences against the person.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for theft was for a person convicted of a further theft offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent offence in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria he plans to use to assess bids for Innovation Partner contracts under the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timescale is for the full implementation of the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by prisoners released from prison on temporary licence to work in the last 12 months; what those offences were; and which of those offences were of each type in the violence against the person category.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for burglary was for a person convicted of a further burglary offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent such offence in each such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans undertake a review the cases of prisoners serving sentences for imprisonment for public protection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce statutory access rights for grandparents to their grandchildren.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that dangerous prisoners are not (a) released early and (b) allowed into contact with the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people convicted of violent offences did not receive an immediate custodial sentence in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the value of all Innovation Partner contracts under the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers were equipped with PAVA spray on (a) 1 January 2019, (b) 1 April 2019, (c) 1 July 2019 (d) 1 October 2019 and (e) 1 January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for sexual assault was for a person convicted of a further sexual assault offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent offence in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to commence section 151 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to allow courts to use community orders instead of fines for repeat offenders of low-level offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for robbery was for a person convicted of a further robbery offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent such offence in each such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of offenders that having committed 15 or more previous offences were not sent to prison on conviction for (a) burglary and (b) violence against the person in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders convicted of cruelty to children in the last 12 months for which information is available were (a) men and (b) women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders sentenced to custody have served less than half their full sentence term due to early release in the most recent 12 months period for which such information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court rooms have been assessed for (a) general health and safety standards and (b) their suitability for digital working in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjudications related to instances of violence against prison staff there were in each year since 2010; and how many of those adjudications resulted in no additional days being added to the prisoner's sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what processes are in place for the monitoring of people serving sentences for offences under the (a) Terrorism Act 2000 and (b) Terrorism Act 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences relating to drugs was for a person convicted of a further offence relating to drugs in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent such offence in each such case
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for criminal damage was for a person convicted of a further criminal damage offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent such offence in each such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences was for possession of a (a) blade and (b) point for a person convicted of a further possession of each weapon offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent such offence in each such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were released on temporary licence in each month in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ratio of prison officers to inmates in prisons in England and Wales was, by category of prison in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjudications there were per 100 (a) male and (b) female prisoners in the last 12 months for which such information is available; and how many of those adjudications related to incidents of violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce rates of substance dependency in the prison population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many expressions of interest he has received to operate innovation partner contracts under the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers were equipped with rigid-bar handcuffs on (a) 1 January 2019, (b) 1 April 1 2019, (c) 1 July 2019, (d) 1 October 2019 and (e) 1 January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) mobile phones and (b) SIM cards were discovered in each prison in (i) England and (ii) Wales in 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences relating to the Public Order Act 1986 was for a person convicted of a further offence under that Act in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent offence in each such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of pre-sentence reports presented to magistrates’ courts contained a sentence recommendation of (a) immediate custody, (b) suspended custody and (c) a community order in the last year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people received a (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentence for assaulting a prison officer in each of the last two years; and what the average custodial sentence was for those offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the names are of all prisoners who have absconded from prison and currently not been returned; and if he will specify in each such case (a) the offence each absconder originally committed and (b) the length of custodial sentence they were serving when they absconded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the findings of the study published in the International Journal of Epidemiology on 29 January 2020, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the effect of drinking alcohol during pregnancy on children's (a) intelligence and (b) weight; and if he will take steps to criminalise excessive drinking of alcohol during a known pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving a custodial sentence work outside prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of drug finds in prisons between 2008 and 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of young offenders previously sentenced to (a) up to five, (b) from five to 10 and (c) more than 10 Youth Rehabilitation Orders (YRO) were sentenced to another YRO for a further offence in the most recent year for which information is available; and for which offence that further YRO was given in each such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what risk assessments took place to ensure that workplaces were suitable and safe for the introduction of digital working in court rooms using the (a) Digital Markup Service and (b) common platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average prison sentence served was for people convicted of terrorist offences in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent by HM Prisons (a) Leeds and (b) Wakefield on calculating the release date of prisoners in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many people are employed by each of those prisons to carry out those calculations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average amount of time deducted from an immediate prison sentence was for offenders who had been on a tagged curfew prior to their sentence being handed down in the most recent 12 months period for which such information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 11632, Prisons: Industrial Health and Safety, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a single reporting system in each prison for assaults against staff that is accessible (a) internally and (b) externally in order for staff to report incidents away from the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce incidents of self-harm among adult prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that prisoners released on parole from life sentences are ineligible for parole again in the event that they re-offend.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for possession of an offensive weapon was for a person convicted of a further possession of an offensive weapon offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent offence in such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will have the power without breaching contracts to remove poorly performing innovation partners under the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish signed Innovation Partner contracts under the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences for fraud was for a person convicted of a further fraud offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent such offence in each such case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences was for assault for a person convicted of a further assault offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent offence in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2020 to Question 9643 on Debts: VAT, when his Department plans to publish guidance on the circumstances and manner in which a cost equivalent to VAT may be recovered from the debtor under the Taking Control of Goods (Fees) 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders had the time spent on tagged curfew deducted from their subsequent prison sentence in the most recent 12 months period for which such information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of services commissioned under the dynamic framework of the new planned probation model which will be provided by voluntary sector organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many serving prisoners were not in prison accommodation over the latest Christmas period for which information is held; what offences were committed by each such offender; and how many such offences were in which category of violent offences against the person.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to exclude private companies holding community rehabilitation company contracts from taking additional contracts under the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male prisoners are gay and (b) female prisoners are lesbian.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to restructure the counter-terrorism programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases in adult courts of those being convicted of committing a second or subsequent knife offence resulted in the perpetrator receiving the mandatory six months imprisonment in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of cases of 16 and 17 year olds being convicted of committing a second or subsequent knife offence resulted in the perpetrator receiving the mandatory four months Detention and Training Order in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of staffing levels in prisons.
Community Rehabilitation Companies: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether all staff employed by community rehabilitation companies will be employed on the same terms as National Probation Service staff following the transition to the new planned probation model.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to limit the right of prisoners to be eligible for parole on multiple occasions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offences were committed by prisoners on temporary release in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been released from prison on a Home Detention Curfew in each month in each of the last two years; and what offence each person released on that curfew had committed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for which offences were prisoners in open prisons or open wings of closed prisons serving their sentence as at 1 January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will collate statistics on the religious affiliations of the prison population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the provision of education in HMYOI Doncaster.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisons recorded cockroach infestations in each month from January to August 2020.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the tax free mileage allowance in the context of rising fuel prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time served in prison was for people sentenced to immediate custodial sentences for terrorist offences in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the prison sentence handed down by courts was served in prison by each offender convicted of a terrorist related offence in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities, what steps his Department is taking with the Secretary of State for Health and Social care to increase the supply of (a) older people’s housing and (b) housing with care.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the revenue that will accrue to the Exchequer from the loan charge.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the potential effect of the phasing out of Government covid-19 support on the number of the self-employed; and whether he has commissioned research on the impact of that matter on the employment rate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to equalise the zero rate of VAT on new build construction with remediation costs faced by leaseholders in unsafe buildings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has been made of the potential merits of offering VAT relief on the repair of personal and household goods to support sustainability and circular economy commitments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing a right of appeal for people affected by the Loan Charge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many responses the Law Commission received from existing leaseholders to the consultation entitled, Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease, published in September 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will amend the General Permitted Development Order to require that all new surfaces in front gardens should be permeable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many grants of emergency legal aid have been revoked when contributions determined through the legal aid means test were not fulfilled in each year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time between notification of unsuccessful claims for personal independence payments and tribunal hearing for appeals of those refused claims in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2018 to Question 188815 on Legal Aid Scheme: Slavery, whether the specific legal aid provision for victims of modern slavery and human trafficking for immigration advice and representation, including assistance with applications for leave to enter or remain, subject to means and merits testing, applies to applications for (a) permanent residence and (b) pre-settled status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers there were in each region of England and Wales in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid offers have not taken forward by the applicant following an assessment of the level of contribution that they will need to provide through the legal aid means test in each year for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were granted legal aid under exceptional case funding each (a) year and (b) quarter since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the increase in probate charges from April 2019 on the (a) personal finances of the bereaved and (b) potential changes in the level of use of probate services; and if he will make a statement.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 who request a tribunal have received (a) absolute, (b) conditional or (c) deferred discharge in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2018 to Question 146055, what proportion of people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 who have been referred automatically to a tribunal by a hospital manager or the Secretary of State received (a) absolute, (b) conditional or (c) deferred discharge in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2020 to Question 14649, on Prisoners: Homosexuality, how many of each type of offence those prisoners that identified as (a) gay and (b) lesbian had committed, broken down by type of offence in the violence against the person category.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February to Question 14640 on Open Prisons, how many (a) male and (b) female Cat-D prisoners committed offences in each category listed; and how many of those prisoners committed each offence in the violence against the person category.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing VAT on reusable period underwear.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Minister of State for Justice to the Justice Select Committee on the 12 May 2020, if he will publish the advice from Public Health England in respect of reducing the prison population by 5000-5500 prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Minister of State for Justice to the Justice Select Committee on the 12 May 2020, (a) by and (b) from what date Public Health England has recommended that the prison population should be reduced by 5000-5500 prisoners to reduce the risk of further covid-19 infections; and by what date the Government plans to have reduced the prison population by that amount.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given by the Minister of State for Justice to the Justice Select Committee on the 12 May 2020, what (a) assumptions in respect of the (i) timing and (ii) speed at which criminal court proceedings would resume following the covid-19 outbreak and (b) other assumptions informed the advice from Public Health England on reducing the prison population by 5000-5500 prisoners.
What steps his Department is taking to modernise the courts system.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the impact of additional (a) customs charges and (b) other charges on people sending and receiving packages from the EU as a result of the UK having left the EU.
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Hire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on (a) e-scooters, (b) the users of e-scooters and (c) powers for local transport authorities to shape and manage rental operations for (i) pedal cycles, (ii) e-cycles and (iii) e-scooters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual operating costs were of (a) Harrogate, (b) Skipton, (c) Scarborough, (d) Teeside and (e) York magistrates' court in the last 12 months for which data are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases resulted in a tribunal hearing under the Tenants’ Associations (Provisions Relating to Recognition and Provision of Information) (England) Regulations 2018 in the first 12 months since that statutory instrument came into force; and in how many of those cases was a tenants' association recognised by the tribunal.
What assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for Women's Centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to introduce a corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud and money laundering.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has allocated funding from the public purse to sharia councils in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on ensuring more effective prosecutions of cases involving (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals in (a) male and (b) female prisons are recorded as being transsexual.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prevention of Future Death reports his Department has received from coroners relating to deaths in prison in the last three years; and what assessment he has made of whether the recommendations from those reports were collated, reviewed and implemented; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous convictions was for a (a) man and (b) woman convicted of a further offence in each of the last three years who was not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent offence in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to increase magistrates' sentencing powers to 12 months for a single offence; and if he will make a statement.
Reoffenders: Alternatives to Prosecution
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to place the offences committed by offenders who participate in out-of-court disposals on the Police National Computer and make them available to courts dealing with any future offending.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of all sentences for (a) possession of and (b) threatening with a knife were custodial sentences in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect on trends in the level of sentencing of pre-sentence reports not including the option of a suspended sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent research his Department has commissioned on the cost implications of increasing magistrates sentencing powers to 12 months for a single offence; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national prisoners from each country were convicted of each offence type in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to create a national oversight body to ensure recommendations from inquests and Prevention of Future Death reports made by coroners are collated, monitored and implemented; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the trends in the prison population of (a) male and (b) female prisoners over the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the highest number of previous offences was for driving when disqualified for a person convicted of a further driving when disqualified offence in each of the last three years; how many of those people were not given a sentence of immediate custody; and what the sentence was for the most recent such offence in each such case.
HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Sick Leave
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days off sick HM Courts & Tribunals staff took in each month of (a) 2018 and (b) 2019.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of participation in out-of-court disposals on re-offending rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been murdered since 2017 by people who were previously convicted of murder and then released having served their prison sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the conviction rate for rape involving (a) female and (b) male victims was in the last 12 months for which information is available.
What recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on prison officer pensions of the ability of those officers to continue frontline work beyond the age of 60.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders that received a (a) first and (b) second or subsequent immediate custodial sentence have previously served (i) no, (ii) between one and four, (iii) between five and nine and (iv) more than 10 community sentences in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce costs across the prison estate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many repairs were outstanding in each prison in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost of outstanding repairs is by prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to publish the repair completion rate for each prison in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the estimated cost of the repairs backlog was in (a) 2010, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018.
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of drugs being smuggled into prisons.
What steps his Department is taking to increase prison capacity.
What plans he has to help reduce reoffending.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of the numbers of planning officers in local authorities; and what steps he is taking to address shortages of those officers.
What support the Government is providing to the prison estate during the covid-19 outbreak.
What steps he is taking to improve the rehabilitation of offenders on release from prison.
What plans his Department has to launch a (a) whistleblowing hotline and (b) know-your-rights campaign for prison staff.
What changes his Department plans to make to the operation of probation services during the covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) have met in person with CCRC caseworkers in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications the Criminal Cases Review Commission has received that subsequently succeeded on appeal since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications the Criminal Cases Review Commission has received in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of applicants to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have had legal representation to assist them with their applications in each year since 2010.