Kieran Mullan MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Prisoners' Release: ReoffendersMinistry of JusticeTabled 19 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 21437More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) recall and (b) reoffending rates are for offenders who have been released under the SDS40 scheme since September 2024.
Answer: The number of people who have been recalled or have reoffended following release under the early release measure (SDS40) forms a subset of prison releases data which is scheduled for future publication. In accordance with the requirements of the Code of P...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released under the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme have re-offended since September 2024; and how many were not tagged when re-offending despite it being a condition of the
Answer: The number of people who have reoffended following release under the early release measure (SDS40) forms a subset of prison releases data which is scheduled for future publication. In accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice for Official S...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20395More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders released from prison under the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme were (a) released in error and (b) subsequently recalled since September 2024.
Answer: This Government inherited a criminal justice system on the brink of collapse and was therefore forced on 10 September 2024, to take the unavoidable step to move certain release points from 50% to 40%, with an initial tranche of eligible offenders released...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20394More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question HL2063 on Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging, how many SDS40 prisoners requiring electronic tags were released without those tags; and what the average n
Answer: 1,889 prisoners were released on day one of tranche 1 and 1,223 were released on day one of tranche 2 of SDS40 releases. All visits for the installation of tags for these offenders were completed by 4 November.To provide the number of people who did not h...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20393More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question HL2063 on Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging, for what reason all SDS40 releases were not tagged before leaving prison.
Answer: This Government inherited a criminal justice system on the brink of collapse, and as a result was forced to introduce the emergency SDS40 scheme which allows some individuals to be released 40% of the way through their custodial sentence rather than at 50...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question HL2063 on Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging, how many visits for tag installation for SDS40 releases did not result in the offender being tagged.
Answer: 1,889 prisoners were released on day one of tranche 1 and 1,223 were released on day one of tranche 2 of SDS40 releases. All visits for the installation of tags for these offenders were completed by 4 November.To provide the number of people who did not h...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice National ComputerHome OfficeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Police National Computer retains nominal records for deceased people.
Answer: The Police National Computer (PNC) provides police and law enforcement agencies with access to centralised information about individuals, property and vehicles.A Nominal record is retained until at least 100 years after a Nominal’s birth, regardless of th...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCrime PreventionMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when she plans to publish the impact evaluation for the acquisitive crime project.
Answer: We will publish the first impact evaluation of the Acquisitive Crime project next year. This will evaluate the effectiveness of compulsory, global positioning system (GPS) location monitoring at deterring burglars, robbers and thieves from reoffending and...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on RemandMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of (a) the total number and (b) the percentage of prisoners on remand of the total prison population in each of the next five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice published prison population projections for 2024-2029 on 5 December 2024, which are available here: Prison Population Projections: 2024 to 2029 - GOV.UK.These include the number of people projected to be remanded into custody from ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners on RemandMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19424More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prisoners are on remand for (a) summary, (b) either way and (c) indictable offences, by (i) the date of custody and (ii) offence type.
Answer: The requested information has been provided in the attached data table. To note that the ‘date of custody’ represented in this data is ‘30 September 2024’ (i.e. the individuals were in the remand prison population on this date) - this is in line with the ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCourts: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date she signed the concordat on court sitting days.
Answer: The former Lord Chancellor reached an agreement with the judiciary on the Concordat in June 2024. The former Lord Chancellor sent the initial Concordat proposal to the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of the Tribunals on 5th June. The Lady Chie...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14399More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders with convictions related to alcohol use have been subject to an alcohol monitoring tag (a) on release from prison and (b) as part of a community sentence in each year sin
Answer: The number of individuals subject to an alcohol monitoring tag on release from prison and as part of a community sentence can be found here: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Annual Publication, March 2024 - GOV.UK.We are unable to produce data on the prop...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) arrests, (b) charges and (c) convictions have been made using data from the Acquisitive Crime GPS tagging programme in each year since its introduction.
Answer: Between 12 April 2021 and 15 November 2024, there were 213 charges and 152 convictions using the data from the Acquisitive Crime project.The Department does not hold data on the dates of these charges and convictions or on the number of arrests, this data...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the potential barriers to successful prosecution using information from the Acquisitive Crime GPS tagging programme.
Answer: The effectiveness of the acquisitive crime project is currently subject to robust evaluation and conclusions will be made available following the publication of the upcoming process and impact evaluations. It is not possible to provide any information pri...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordOffenders: Electronic TaggingMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14396More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Acquisitive Crime GPS tagging programme.
Answer: The effectiveness of the acquisitive crime project is currently subject to robust evaluation and conclusions will be made available following the publication of the upcoming process and impact evaluations. It is not possible to provide any information pri...
Answered 21 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPolice National ComputerMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13530More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Number of working-age individuals with a record on the PNC, published on 28 October 2024, what proportion of these records relate to individuals that (a) ar
Answer: The information requested is provided in the table attached. This table includes data on the:Proportion of the records on the Police National Computer (PNC) in each category specified, by offenders of working age.This analysis looks at the proportion of r...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13526More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has allocated funding for commissioning primary research to the Independent Sentencing Review.
Answer: This Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will require the Chair of the Independent Sentencing Review to publish the evidence it receives on that review.
Answer: This Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13523More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on how hon. Members should be able to participate in the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.
Answer: The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference published on 21 October 2024. In developing their recommendations, the independent Chair and panel will consider how to collect evidence and launched a call for evidence on 14 November.The Department has...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13522More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on how members of the public should be able to participate in the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.
Answer: The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference published on 21 October 2024. In developing their recommendations, the independent Chair and panel will consider how to collect evidence and launched a call for evidence on 14 November.The Department has...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has put in place a policy on (a) disclosure and (b) transparency between the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 and (i) Ministers and (ii) other members of her Department.
Answer: The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference published on 21 October 2024. In developing their recommendations, the independent Chair and panel will consider how to collect evidence and launched a call for evidence on 14 November.The Department has...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) victims and (b) the (i) family and (ii) friends of victims of crime will be represented on the expert panel for the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.
Answer: The Review will be chaired by the former Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon David Gauke, supported by a panel which includes expertise drawn from prisons and probation operations, prosecution, academia, law enforcement, victims, and the judiciary.The process for...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on whether it should collect evidence on public opinion on sentencing.
Answer: This Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on (a) when and (b) how evidence should be collected from third parties.
Answer: This Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordIndependent Sentencing Review: Public AppointmentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the expert panel to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 will be (a) appointed and (b) announced.
Answer: The Review will be chaired by the former Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon David Gauke, supported by a panel which includes expertise drawn from prisons and probation operations, prosecution, academia, law enforcement, victims, and the judiciary.The process for...
Answered 19 Nov 2024
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