Rachael Maskell MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Judiciary: ConductMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60521More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will review the Guide to Judicial Conduct.
Answer: The Lord Chancellor and Lady Chief Justice have a joint responsibility for judicial discipline. However, to preserve judicial independence, the statutory responsibility for the guidance of the judiciary, including for setting the conduct standards for the...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordJudges: SafetyMinistry of JusticeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of the safety of judges.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Justice regards judicial office holders' safety with great importance. This is a matter that the Ministry of Justice takes very seriously. There are a range of judicial security policies and procedures in place to protect judici...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Voluntary OrganisationsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has she made of the adequacy of funding for organisations in the voluntary community sector working in the area of sexual violence.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice provides funding for victim and witness support services, including community-based domestic abuse and sexual violence services, in addition to core funding for Police and Crime Commissioners to allocate at their discretion, based ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: Voluntary OrganisationsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58655More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is her Department taking to fund voluntary community sector organisations to support people leaving prison as part of her Sentencing Review.
Answer: I recognise the valuable role of the thousands of voluntary organisations that work in partnership with probation to provide vital support to people serving their sentence in prison, in the community and people returning to the community after prison.The ...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 6 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking help reduce waiting times for support services for survivors of sexual abuse.
Answer: This Government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade.We recognise the invaluable role support services play in the delivery of this mission. This is why the Ministry of Justice provides funding that ensures victims of...
Answered 13 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisons: NitazenesMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many confiscations of nitazines took place in prisons in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested is not collected in a format that would enable it to be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: NitazenesMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is recording the number of cases of nitazene use in prison which has required (a) on site medical attention and (b) an ambualance to be called in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested, which relates to the responsibilities of more than one Government Department, is not collected in a format that would enable us to do so without incurring disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordWitnesses: ComplaintsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to give indirect witnesses of criminal offences that have taken place on social media standing in law to complain to the (a) Police and (b) Independent Office for P
Answer: Any individual is entitled, and should be encouraged, to report anything they believe to be criminal behaviour, however they became aware of it, to the police.Section 12 of the Police Reform Act 2022 sets out that to use the police complaints system, a pe...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSexual Offences: VictimsMinistry of JusticeTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 900374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure adequate funding for support for victims of sexual violence after 31 March 2025.
Answer: My department provides funding for vital rape and sexual abuse support, to help victims cope and recover from the impacts of crime, through a mix of locally and nationally commissioned services. Funding beyond March 2025 will be agreed with HM Treasury th...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordYouth JusticeMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to (a) develop a different approach to youth justice and (b) use programmes of diversion to prevent young people entering the youth estate.
Answer: This Government is committed to intervening early and supporting the most vulnerable children to address their needs and reduce the risk of young people offending. We are developing a new approach to youth justice by creating a new Young Futures programme...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: SafetyMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to provide safe conditions for prisoners.
Answer: Making prisons safe remains a key priority. We are working hard to reduce violence and self-harm and have a range of measures in place to address these safety issues.We have completed our landmark £100 million Security Investment Programme to clamp down o...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that people on early prison release have (a) housing, (b) employment and (c) sufficient probation provision to support them.
Answer: Individuals released through the Standard Determinate Sentence changes, known as SDS40, and at risk of homelessness can be referred to HMPPS’s Community Accommodation Service Tier 3 (CAS3), which can provide up to 12-weeks temporary accommodation. We are ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Victim Support SchemesMinistry of JusticeTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will update the Victim's Code so that children who have experienced sexual exploitation are able to access immediate professional psychological help.
Answer: The Victims’ Code sets out the services and support that victims and survivors of crime are entitled to receive from the criminal justice system in England and Wales.Currently, under the Code, all victims and survivors, including children, are entitled to...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLegal Aid Scheme: Domestic AbuseMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will take steps to ensure that legal aid is available to people using the family courts who have been subject to (a) financial control and (b) domestic abuse.
Answer: The Government is committed to supporting victims of domestic abuse.In private family proceedings, legal aid is available for child arrangements, financial remedy proceedings and divorce for domestic abuse victims, including those subjected to economic ab...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to ensure that the family court system (a) provides adequate support for court users who have experienced abuse by their (i) partner and (ii) former partner and (b) cannot be misused by p
Answer: This Government is committed to halving incidences of violence against women and girls; a key element of this is ensuring that the courts are safe and supportive environments for victims, including within the family court.We are committed to supporting ch...
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordVictims and Prisoners Act 2024Ministry of JusticeTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 622More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how and (b) when she intends to enact the public protection decisions provisions of the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
Answer: The Government is carefully considering how and when to implement the public protection provisions in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024.
Answered 23 Jul 2024
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