Division Vote (Lords)
21 Oct 2021 - Skills and Post-16 Education Bill [HL] -
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Lord Woolf (XB) voted Aye
and in line with the House
One of
8 Crossbench Aye votes vs
0 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 126 Noes - 116
Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 11 Oct 2021
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill
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Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 11 Oct 2021
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 07 Sep 2021
Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [HL]
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Royal Commission on the Criminal Justice System
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Written Question
Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Asked by:
Lord Woolf (Crossbench - Life Peer (judicial))
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure women prison leavers in accommodation provided through the temporary accommodation scheme of the Ministry of Justice are assisted into permanent accommodation.
Answered by Lord Wolfson of Tredegar
We are investing more than £20m in supporting prison leavers at risk of homelessness into temporary accommodation. Individuals released from prison will be provided up to 12 weeks of temporary accommodation and will be supported into long-term settled accommodation before the end of that 12-week period. Initially launching in five national probation regions, the service will support around 3,000 offenders in its first year and will be commencing this Summer. It will be in operation during the next financial year 2021-22, with a view to scaling up and rolling out nationally.
The service will take account of the needs of women, including those with complex needs and accommodation provision will be dedicated to single gender usage as required. Community Probation Practitioners, working together with local partners, will be responsible for ensuring that vulnerable female prison leavers receive appropriate support and are provided with housing beyond the 12 weeks emergency accommodation.
HMPPS will work in conjunction with MHCLG’s announced funding to support both male and female prison leavers at risk of homelessness into private rental tenancies. Funded schemes to support women will be developed to recognise their specific needs and will be part of plans to secure settled accommodation by the end of the 12 weeks temporary accommodation provided by HMPPS.
In 2020, Hestia Battersea was changed from a male to female Approved Premises to give better geographic spread of AP provision for women, becoming the first AP for women in London since 2008.
In addition, Eden House, the first new AP in over thirty years, will open in this month supporting female offenders.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 10 Jun 2021
Youth Justice Statistics
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 May 2021
Queen’s Speech
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Division Vote (Lords)
28 Apr 2021 - Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 -
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Lord Woolf (XB) voted No
and in line with the House
One of
47 Crossbench No votes vs
19 Crossbench Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 63 Noes - 401
Division Vote (Lords)
28 Apr 2021 - Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 -
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Lord Woolf (XB) voted Aye
and against the House
One of
16 Crossbench Aye votes vs
50 Crossbench No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 70 Noes - 409