Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what training prosecuting authorities who use the Single Justice Procedure, and who are not the CPS, receive on disability and neurodivergent conditions.

The Ministry of Justice is not responsible for training prosecuting authorities and thus cannot speak to whether they receive training on disability or neurodivergent conditions.

In response to the Neurodiversity in the Criminal Justice System: A review of the evidence report, the Ministry of Justice is taking a whole system approach and are working with HM Courts and Tribunal Service, HM Prison and Probation Service, Home Office, Department for Health and Social Care and the Welsh Government to consider neurodiversity training for all frontline staff within the Criminal Justice System.

Further, as part of the Cabinet Office-led National Disability Strategy, we are working across government to develop policies in support of people with disabilities.