Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to tackle the recording of breastfeeding in public without consent.
Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
This behaviour may already be captured by existing offences.
However, we are keenly aware of concerns that have been expressed over the changes in technology, including the misuse of photography, social media, imagery, and the opportunities to abuse and upset others that such developments can bring.
We have therefore asked the Law Commission to review the law in this area to ensure victims are properly protected.
It is important that any changes to the law in such sensitive areas, are thoroughly assessed and fully evidenced.
The review has looked at the question of non-consensual photography in public places, including whether recording and sharing images of breastfeeding should be captured as “intimate” imagery for the purposes of any reformed criminal law.
The Government awaits the Law Commission’s findings with interest and shall consider them carefully.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment decisions where claimants were awarded zero points have been overturned at independent tribunals in each of the last five years.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
This information is not held centrally.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service’s statistical records do not include information on the number of points awarded to appellants by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Tribunal outcomes including overturn rates are published at:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will ensure that any proposed reforms to the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020, will apply equally to (a) same-sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 25 June 2020 and the Government is working to implement its provisions. When implemented, the Act will deliver important reforms to minimise the potential for conflict in the legal process for obtaining a divorce, dissolving a civil partnership or obtaining a separation order.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are currently on remand in Stockport.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
There are no prisons in Stockport and so remand populations for the three closest prisons (HMP Styal, HMP Manchester and HMP Forest Bank) have been provided.
Data obtained from the latest published quarterly prison population statistics indicates that on 30 June 2020 the total numbers of individuals remanded in custody in each of these prisons was 71, 51 and 515, respectively.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average amount of time spent on remand in 2019.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Centrally held court data does not include the amount of time spent remanded in custody, and therefore obtaining this information would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.
Prison receptions data has enabled an approximation of the data that has been requested. The attached table provides information on the mean and median amount of time that individuals were remanded in custody up to the point that they were sentenced.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the average amount of time spent on remand between 2014 and 2019.
Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)
Centrally held court data does not include the amount of time spent remanded in custody, and therefore obtaining this information would result in a disproportionate cost to the department.
Prison receptions data has enabled an approximation of the data that has been requested. The attached table provides information on the mean and median amount of time that individuals were remanded in custody up to the point that they were sentenced.
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners from Stockport have been released under the Early Prison Release scheme during the covid-19 outbreak; and how many prisoners released during that period are resident in Stockport.
Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
On 4 April, this Government announced the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme (ECTR). This scheme enables risk-assessed prisoners, who are within two months of their release date, to be temporarily released from custody, as part of the national approach to managing public services during this challenging period. No high-risk offenders, including those convicted of violent or sexual offences, anyone of national security concern or a danger to children, will be considered for release, nor any prisoners who have not served at least half their custodial term.
To date, no offenders released under this scheme have been released to addresses in Stockport.