Found: consistent by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing chaired by former Lord Chancellor, David Gauke

Found: David Gauke , and I have now finished appointing the panel for the review who will support the Chair

Found: David Gauke , and I have now finished appointing the Panel for the review who will support the Chair

Found: Lord Timpson: The independent sentencing review that David Gauke is leading is really important, because

Found: This will be chaired by the former Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon David Gauke, supported by a panel which

Found: Wakefield and District Housing (UCR0014) Ordered, That the correspondence from the Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: Reform and Mike Driver, Director General, Finance , Department for Work and Pensions and Mr David Gauke

Found: sentences of less than 12 months picks up on the proposal made by the former Justice Secretary, David Gauke

Found: Indeed, David Gauke, when Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, described the scheme as a “key element

Found: Kenneth Clarke initially spoke against them and David Gauke advocated for a presumption against short

Found: Dignity in Dying’s Compassion is Not a Crime campaign who called on former Justice Secretary David Gauke

Found: have a choice; Parliament has a “do nothing” option…”.7 Writing recently in the New Statesman, David Gauke

Found: We have shared information on the Justice event in January with David Gauke, Baroness Kennedy KC and

Found: Nigel Mills: Secretary of State, we know that your pred ecessor but five — or it might be six —David Gauke

Found: Q142 Nigel Mills: Secretary of State, we know that your predecessor but five— or it might be six—David Gauke

Found: ) 48 Q 102 (Dominic Grieve) 49 Q 80 (David Gauke) 50 Q 50 (Lord Keen of Elie) 51 Q 68 (Lord Mackay

Found: and has been supported by former Prisons Minister Rory Stewart and former Justice Secretary David Gauke

Found: David Gauke: I would certainly accept that.

Found: come before the committee and talk about the detail of my relationships with David Lidington, David Gauke

Found: 16Sir Richard Heaton: They were Michael Gove, Liz Truss, David Lidington, David Gauke and Robert Buckland.Lord

Found: If the government returned to the plan stated by David Gauke in his time as Minister of Justice to reduce

Found: David Gauke, as a former Lord Chancellor, has spoken of his reasonably long period in the Treasury as

Found: Minister, I negotiated the current arrangements with the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke

Found: emphasis in the Female Offender Strategy and the efforts of previous Justice Secretaries such as David Gauke

Found: Letter from Niall Dickson, Chief Executive of NHS Confederation, to the then Lord Chancellor, Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: Minister in the Welsh Government when we agreed a fiscal framework with the UK 7Government, with David Gauke

Found: women with dependent children.9.2.We welcomed the efforts of previous Justice Secretaries such as David Gauke

Found: In July 2018, the then Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice David Gauke, announced that

Found: these themes in a long letter dated 16 October 2018,225 to which the then Lord Chancellor, Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: fiscal framework on behalf of the Welsh Government with the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke

Found: find the cost of grid reinforcement prevents projects going ahead due to the cost. 10 Letter from David Gauke

Found: Statistics 2018/19 (30 January 2020) 59 Letter from Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons to David Gauke

Found: interested in Chapter 8.1 on Financial Sustainability particularly since it was lead by a comment from David Gauke

Found: Although a prisoner apprenticeship pathway was introduced historically by David Gauke MP, we have never

Found: We wrote to the Secretary of State for Justice, David Gauke in April 2019 to engage on these proposals

Found: evidence taken before the Constitution Committee, 1 May 2019 (Session 2017–19), QQ 1–17 (Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: David Gauke, described the first stage as “a period of reflection”.

The Committee agrees with Justice Secretary David Gauke that there is a very strong case for abolishing sentences of six months or less altogether.

Re-offending costs an estimated £15 billion a year; the report recommends that there must be a focus on investing services to reduce this, thus cutting crime and reducing the overall size of the prison population - which is increased through repeat imprisonment.

The report argues that the Government’s focus on addressing safety and decency in prisons has come at the expense of rehabilitation.

The Ministry of Justice needs to refocus its efforts to enable a dual approach to maintain both safety and decency, as well as improve rehabilitation.

Government response published

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Ministers need a clear plan of action to tackle the problem of rising prison populations and the health and safety of prisoners.

The Justice Committee welcomes the Government’s agreement with the issues raised in its Prison Population 2022: planning for the future report, but says ministers have failed to commit to a sufficient plan of action to effectively tackle the crisis faced.

This inquiry into the prison population focuses on:

• Who is in prison and who is expected to be imprisoned over the next 5 years
• The reasons prisoners are there, why they stay there and why they return
• Whether the Ministry of Justice and prison services currently have a credible approach to accommodating the changes anticipated.
  

Evidence was heard from:

• David Gauke MP, Financial Secretary, HM Treasury

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the conviction rate for the offence of stalking; and if she will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on increasing the maximum sentence for that offence.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

This Government is committed to tackling stalking as part of our ambitious mission to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.

Since 2017, there have been yearly increases in the number of stalking offences charged which proceeded to a first hearing in the magistrates’ courts. In 2018/19, there were 2,208 such cases, and in 2023/24, they more than doubled to 5,859. However, more can be done.

In April 2023, the CPS amended prosecutorial guidance on stalking which has assisted prosecutors to better select the appropriate charge.

Earlier this month and in partnership with the National Police Chiefs’ Council, I welcomed the CPS’ Domestic Abuse Joint Justice Plan, which aims to improve the way that cases are prosecuted and handled. Stalking features prominently in the plan, which applies to all forms of stalking, and is captured within high-harm, high-risk repeat offending.

The Government has also delivered on a manifesto commitment to launch an Independent Review of Sentencing, chaired by former Lord Chancellor David Gauke, to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent and clear to victims and the public.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) victims and (b) the (i) family and (ii) friends of victims of crime will be represented on the expert panel for the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The Review will be chaired by the former Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon David Gauke, supported by a panel which includes expertise drawn from prisons and probation operations, prosecution, academia, law enforcement, victims, and the judiciary.

The process for the appointment of the panel follows the usual public law principles which are applicable to all ministerial decision-making, and within the scope of direct ministerial appointments. Appointments must be rational, procedurally fair, and non-discriminatory.

This Sentencing Review aims to ensure that there is always a place in prison for violent offenders, and victims will always know that justice will be done. It will also aim to ensure that sentences are consistent and make sense to victims and the public. That is why a victims’ representative forms part of the multidisciplinary panel conducting the Review.

Following the launch of the Review on 22 October, appointments were finalised in early and mid-November, and subsequently published on 14 November on GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the expert panel to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 will be (a) appointed and (b) announced.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The Review will be chaired by the former Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon David Gauke, supported by a panel which includes expertise drawn from prisons and probation operations, prosecution, academia, law enforcement, victims, and the judiciary.

The process for the appointment of the panel follows the usual public law principles which are applicable to all ministerial decision-making, and within the scope of direct ministerial appointments. Appointments must be rational, procedurally fair, and non-discriminatory.

This Sentencing Review aims to ensure that there is always a place in prison for violent offenders, and victims will always know that justice will be done. It will also aim to ensure that sentences are consistent and make sense to victims and the public. That is why a victims’ representative forms part of the multidisciplinary panel conducting the Review.

Following the launch of the Review on 22 October, appointments were finalised in early and mid-November, and subsequently published on 14 November on GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the process will be for appointing members to the expert panel to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The Review will be chaired by the former Lord Chancellor, the Rt Hon David Gauke, supported by a panel which includes expertise drawn from prisons and probation operations, prosecution, academia, law enforcement, victims, and the judiciary.

The process for the appointment of the panel follows the usual public law principles which are applicable to all ministerial decision-making, and within the scope of direct ministerial appointments. Appointments must be rational, procedurally fair, and non-discriminatory.

This Sentencing Review aims to ensure that there is always a place in prison for violent offenders, and victims will always know that justice will be done. It will also aim to ensure that sentences are consistent and make sense to victims and the public. That is why a victims’ representative forms part of the multidisciplinary panel conducting the Review.

Following the launch of the Review on 22 October, appointments were finalised in early and mid-November, and subsequently published on 14 November on GOV.UK.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of sentencing guidelines.

Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

The independent Sentencing Council is responsible for the development of sentencing guidelines. The Council regularly evaluates the guidelines to ensure they are operating as intended.

The Government is responsible for sentencing law, and last month we have launched an independent Sentencing Review, chaired by the former Lord Chancellor David Gauke.

Found: On 19 July 2017, then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, David Gauke, announced the government

Found: Disability Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health and Social Care, The Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: a member of the Justice Committee . 87 In a speech in February 2019, then Justice Secretary David Gauke

Found: illicit drug use compared to those given non -custodial offences.4 The former Justice Secretary David Gauke

Found: determining that Worboys could be released into the community.181 This led the then Justice Secretary, David Gauke

Found: Answering member: David Gauke | Department: HM Treasury EU VAT law does not specifically provide for

Found: to prevent the tax system getting more complicated during the 12 years since George Osborne and David Gauke

@savschippy91 @Jazzy00700 @BBCNews And David Gauke isn't even an MP any more!!

Found: Gove (May 2015ŒJul 2016) Liz Truss (Jul 2016ŒJun 2017) David Lidington (Jun 2017Œ Jan˜2018) David Gauke

Found: has now appointed an Independent Panel to deliver this important work alongside the Chair, Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: RT HON BEN GUMMER MP RT HON DAVID GAUKE MP Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Chief

Found: Contact details are provided above. 4 Foreword – The Rt Hon David Gauke The prison

Found: Panel of experts appointed to support review chair David Gauke Public call for evidence opened for

Found: I am pleased to say that the review will be led by a former Lord Chancellor, David Gauke… A highly regarded

Found: spaces review will also look at tough alternatives to custody Chaired by former Lord Chancellor David Gauke

Found: the new clauses , including section 365LA(3), were being read in Parliament on 2 July 2014, David Gauke

Found: Communities and Local Government 35 DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS The Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: Communities and Local Government DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS The Rt Hon David Gauke

Found: David Gauke MP, Exchequer Secretary 6. Charities Patron, Three Rivers Museum.

Found: RT HON BEN GUMMER MP RT HON DAVID GAUKE MP Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General Chief

Found: David Gauke , and I have now finished appointing the Panel for the review who will support the Chair

Found: David Gauke in London.

Found: David Gauke MP in 2014, and the Rt Hon. Danny Alexander in 2013 and 2010.

Found: David Gauke MP in 2014, and the Rt Hon. Danny Alexander in 2013 and 2010.