Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Female Offender Strategy: One Year On
"I do agree, and indeed my hon. Friend makes the important point that not all cases that come into the criminal justice system come via the police. They might come via other prosecution routes. Women are disproportionately likely to be represented in those routes. For example, 70% of those sentenced …..."Kate Green - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Female Offender Strategy: One Year On
"It is important to recognise the circumstances in which women commit offences, the nature of the violence and offences against the person for which they may be convicted, and the level of violence and threat that these women present to society. I will certainly look again at the figures that …..."Kate Green - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Female Offender Strategy: One Year On
"My hon. Friend makes a good point; we know that traumatic brain injury is one of the routes by which women come into custody, and we see disproportionate representation of women with brain injury inside our prisons.
What sentences do women receive? Fines are most common and their use has …..."Kate Green - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Female Offender Strategy: One Year On
"WomenMATTA, which is my local women’s centre, has also spoken of the inadequacy of funding, which I will come on to, and of the complexity of the application procedures. As my hon. Friend rightly suggests, spending time on preparing the applications detracts from the good work that the centres could …..."Kate Green - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Female Offender Strategy: One Year On
"I do agree. If there is no women’s centre in Wales, that is shocking and there needs to be. Indeed, I would say that for any part of the country that does not have a women’s centre...."Kate Green - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Female Offender Strategy: One Year On
"I agree both that we need women’s centres to develop all over the country and that they need certainty of funding so that they are sustainable.
We have seen other problems with delivery of the strategy. I hope that the Minister will forgive me if I describe the transforming rehabilitation …..."Kate Green - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 24 Jul 2019
Female Offender Strategy: One Year On
"I am grateful to all colleagues who have participated in this very good debate. There was widespread, if not entirely unanimous, recognition that the experiences of women offenders are different. Their motivation to offend, their vulnerabilities, and the impact of sentences on them and their families are different. The risk …..."Kate Green - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Asked by:
Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2019 to Question 264316 on Television: Licensing, how many (a) men and (b) women were given a prison sentence for failure to pay fines imposed for non-payment of the BBC licence fee in each of the last five years.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The requested information can be viewed in the attached table.
Written Question
Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Asked by:
Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 July 2019 to Question 273385 on Offenders: Electronic Tagging, when he plans to publish the quantitative process evaluation of the GPS Pilot.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Written Question
Friday 12th July 2019
Asked by:
Kate Green (Labour - Stretford and Urmston)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Government report entitled Process evaluation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Electronic Monitoring Pilot: Qualitative findings, published 16 February 2019 whether the research in that report covers both male and female offenders.
Answered by Edward Argar
The Process evaluation of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Electronic Monitoring Pilot: Qualitative findings included both male and female offenders and defendants. A forthcoming quantitative process evaluation of the GPS Pilot will contain analysis of Management Information gathered over the course of the pilot, including by gender. During the pilot, there were 586 tagging instances involving 20 female wearers and 566 male wearers.
Location monitoring can robustly monitor male and female offenders and defendants in the community, and provide an effective alternative to custody. If used as an alternative to custody the tags can be particularly effective in mitigating the disruptive impact of imprisonment on women with children. This is emphasised in our guidance to stakeholders.