Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with the Welsh Government on the adequacy of speech and language therapy training places in the context of demand for those services within the criminal justice system.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This department recognises that speech and language therapy is essential to enable the rehabilitation of many in the criminal justice system. It helps to improve communication skills, provide tools for conflict resolution and enable patients to eat and drink safely.
Responsibility for commissioning these services in Welsh prisons sits with the Local Health Boards, as healthcare is devolved to the Welsh Government. Our officials meet regularly with the Local Health Boards and Welsh Government to support and enable the delivery of health and social care in Welsh prisons.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since 2010.
Answered by Gareth Bacon - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales, covering the period requested up to December 2022, and this can be viewed in the following data tool: Outcomes by Offence data tool.
Navigate to the ‘Prosecutions and convictions’ tab and use the Offence filter to select the offence: ‘121A Offences under Hunting Act 2004’.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prosecutions for sexual offence cases are awaiting a (a) trial and (b) other court hearing, as of 13 September 2023.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The volume of outstanding sexual offence cases at the Crown Court in England and Wales is routinely published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal court statistics quarterly’. The latest published data is available to the end of March 2023 and can be found as part of the ‘Crown Court cases received, disposed and outstanding tool’ which is available at the link below:
‘For trial' cases relates to the case type at the point of receipt into the Crown Court - these are the cases that could go to trial, but they may not necessarily result in a trial (i.e. if a guilty plea is entered). It is not currently possible to separately identify cases which are awaiting a trial start from those which are ongoing in the published statistics.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visits he has made to Wales since his appointment.
Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Justice, has not made any visits to Wales in a departmental capacity since his appointment on 21 April 2023.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under the Hunting Act 2004 in each year since 2010.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted for offences under the Hunting Act 2004, in England and Wales, year ending June 2018 to year ending June 2022, available in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: June 2022. For figures between January 2010 and December 2017, please see the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2020.
In the 2022 data tool, navigate to the ‘Prosecutions and Convictions’ tab and use the Offence filter to select the offence: ‘121A Offences under Hunting Act 2004’. The number of prosecutions on a principal offence basis will populate row 24.
In the 2020 data tool, use the Offence filter to select the offence: ‘121A Offences under Hunting Act 2004’. The number of prosecutions on a principal offence basis will populate row 23.
Note that the two data tools will overlap by the six-month period July to December 2017, which is counted in each.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of domestic abuse in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The requested information is not held centrally. It is not a requirement for an individual to disclose if they have been a victim of domestic abuse when applying for legal aid unless they are applying for legal aid in connection with a protective order or private family law cases under the domestic violence gateway. Consequently, it is not possible to specify how much legal aid has been spent across the whole of the legal aid scheme on domestic abuse victims in each of the last three years.
The Legal Aid Agency’s published statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2022 contains information regarding volumes of applications granted in connection with applying for protective orders and those applying for legal aid under the domestic violence gateway (see tables 6.1 and 6.8-10).
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of antisocial behaviour in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The requested information is not held centrally. It is not a requirement for an individual to disclose if they have been a victim of a crime or antisocial behaviour when applying for legal aid. Consequently, it is not possible to specify how many applications have been received across the whole of the legal aid scheme from victims of crime or antisocial behaviour in each of the last three years.
Generally, legal aid is not available to victims in connection with criminal prosecutions. Prosecutions are usually bought on behalf of the Crown, by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and victims are not separately represented.
Civil legal aid is available to victims of human trafficking in connection with certain proceedings under paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 of Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. However, as above those individuals may access other civil legal services without disclosing that they have been victims of human trafficking.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of burglary in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The requested information is not held centrally. It is not a requirement for an individual to disclose if they have been a victim of a crime or antisocial behaviour when applying for legal aid. Consequently, it is not possible to specify how many applications have been received across the whole of the legal aid scheme from victims of crime or antisocial behaviour in each of the last three years.
Generally, legal aid is not available to victims in connection with criminal prosecutions. Prosecutions are usually bought on behalf of the Crown, by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and victims are not separately represented.
Civil legal aid is available to victims of human trafficking in connection with certain proceedings under paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 of Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. However, as above those individuals may access other civil legal services without disclosing that they have been victims of human trafficking.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of cyber crime in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The requested information is not held centrally. It is not a requirement for an individual to disclose if they have been a victim of a crime or antisocial behaviour when applying for legal aid. Consequently, it is not possible to specify how many applications have been received across the whole of the legal aid scheme from victims of crime or antisocial behaviour in each of the last three years.
Generally, legal aid is not available to victims in connection with criminal prosecutions. Prosecutions are usually bought on behalf of the Crown, by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and victims are not separately represented.
Civil legal aid is available to victims of human trafficking in connection with certain proceedings under paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 of Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. However, as above those individuals may access other civil legal services without disclosing that they have been victims of human trafficking.
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many victims of crime in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) England have received Legal Aid in each of the last three years.
Answered by Sarah Dines
The requested information is not held centrally. It is not a requirement for an individual to disclose if they have been a victim of a crime or antisocial behaviour when applying for legal aid. Consequently, it is not possible to specify how many applications have been received across the whole of the legal aid scheme from victims of crime or antisocial behaviour in each of the last three years.
Generally, legal aid is not available to victims in connection with criminal prosecutions. Prosecutions are usually bought on behalf of the Crown, by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and victims are not separately represented.
Civil legal aid is available to victims of human trafficking in connection with certain proceedings under paragraph 32 of Schedule 1 of Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. However, as above those individuals may access other civil legal services without disclosing that they have been victims of human trafficking.