Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support is provided to veterans with mental health conditions in prison.
Answered by Edward Argar
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support veterans who are released from prison.
Answered by Edward Argar
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether prison staff undergo veteran awareness training.
Answered by Edward Argar
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether jurors undergo veteran awareness training.
Answered by Mike Freer
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguards his Department has in place within the County Court system to help ensure that the names of parties to court cases are accurately recorded and are updated if a person's name is changed, including following a divorce, during the course of court proceedings.
Answered by Mike Freer
It is the responsibility of the parties involved in court proceedings to ensure that the court is informed of the correct names of the parties, as well as any change of name during proceedings.
Most applications issued using the digital services of HMCTS automatically update the courts’ case management system with the names provided by the applicant. Whilst paper applications will usually require manual data entry by HMCTS, management checks are undertaken on sample of cases to ensure that case records accurately reflect the information provided on the application form.
In a divorce case further checks are also carried out at the decree nisi/conditional order and decree absolute/final order stage as a final check before the divorce is legally granted.
Throughout court proceedings any party can inform the court of a change of name or request a correction if an error has been made.
Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to support prison leavers find employment.
Answered by Damian Hinds
There is evidence that prison leavers who get a job within a year after release are up to nine per cent less likely to re-offend than those who do not.
We have put in place a series of measures to give prisoners the chance to work while in prison, while released on temporary licence, and following release. Dedicated Prison Employment Leads will identify candidates and match them to jobs. They will also oversee our new Employment Hubs, where prisoners can access support with job applications.
Building strong links with employers is a key part of the steps we are taking. We are working with James Timpson to roll out Employment Advisory Boards, which will link prisons with industry, so that local businesses can provide challenge and advice on the training prisoners can be given in prison to meet the needs of the local labour market.
We are on track to roll out Prison Employment Leads, Employment Hubs and Employment Advisory Boards across all 92 resettlement prisons by April 2023.
We have recently changed the law so that prisoners can become apprentices. The first prisoner apprentices started on 30 September and employers recruiting prisoner apprentices include construction firm Kier Group.
Asked by: Lord McCabe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of unemployment on re-offending rates.
Answered by Damian Hinds
There is evidence that prison leavers who get a job within a year after release are up to nine per cent less likely to re-offend than those who do not.
We have put in place a series of measures to give prisoners the chance to work while in prison, while released on temporary licence, and following release. Dedicated Prison Employment Leads will identify candidates and match them to jobs. They will also oversee our new Employment Hubs, where prisoners can access support with job applications.
Building strong links with employers is a key part of the steps we are taking. We are working with James Timpson to roll out Employment Advisory Boards, which will link prisons with industry, so that local businesses can provide challenge and advice on the training prisoners can be given in prison to meet the needs of the local labour market.
We are on track to roll out Prison Employment Leads, Employment Hubs and Employment Advisory Boards across all 92 resettlement prisons by April 2023.
We have recently changed the law so that prisoners can become apprentices. The first prisoner apprentices started on 30 September and employers recruiting prisoner apprentices include construction firm Kier Group.