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Written Question
Prisoners' Transfers: Sexual Offences
Wednesday 16th March 2022

Asked by: Simon Jupp (Conservative - East Devon)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests were denied by his Department for the transfer of prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences to category D open prisons in each year between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences who were held in a category D open prison in each year between 1997 and 2010. This can be viewed in the attached table. The required dates for PQ135716 (between 2007 and 2010) are a subset of the data required for PQ135715 and so are contained within the same attachment.

For prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, the data requested to answer question 3 is not held as it pre-dates current casework systems which came into use in 2010.


Written Question
Prisoners: Sexual Offences
Wednesday 16th March 2022

Asked by: Simon Jupp (Conservative - East Devon)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences were held in a category D open prison in each year between 2007 and 2010.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences who were held in a category D open prison in each year between 1997 and 2010. This can be viewed in the attached table. The required dates for PQ135716 (between 2007 and 2010) are a subset of the data required for PQ135715 and so are contained within the same attachment.

For prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, the data requested to answer question 3 is not held as it pre-dates current casework systems which came into use in 2010.


Written Question
Prisoners: Sexual Offences
Wednesday 16th March 2022

Asked by: Simon Jupp (Conservative - East Devon)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences were held in a category D open prison in each year between 1997 and 2010.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

The Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of prisoners convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual offences who were held in a category D open prison in each year between 1997 and 2010. This can be viewed in the attached table. The required dates for PQ135716 (between 2007 and 2010) are a subset of the data required for PQ135715 and so are contained within the same attachment.

For prisoners serving indeterminate sentences, the data requested to answer question 3 is not held as it pre-dates current casework systems which came into use in 2010.


Written Question
Administration of Justice
Tuesday 29th June 2021

Asked by: Simon Jupp (Conservative - East Devon)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

What steps his Department is taking to support the recovery of the justice system after the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Alex Chalk - Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

In response to the pressures of the pandemic, prisons moved rapidly to prevent infection and minimise loss of life, the Probation Service introduced new delivery models, and in Courts and Tribunals we made quick safety adjustments to court buildings meaning that we were among the first internationally to re-start jury trials.

We remain committed to our continued recovery, rolling out vaccination in prisons, getting cases heard more quickly, and accelerating efforts to increase capacity. We will continue to innovate and improve so that we can build back better.


Written Question
Children: Maintenance
Wednesday 9th December 2020

Asked by: Simon Jupp (Conservative - East Devon)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Child Maintenance Service cases have been (a) received and (b) overturned by HM Courts & Tribunals Service in each of the last five years.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Information about (a) receipts and (b) outcomes for Child Maintenance Service appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.

The latest period for which data are available is January to March 2020. The most recent tribunal statistics publication covering the period April to June 2020 does not include SSCS data due to issues identified as the Tribunal was being migrated to a new operational system. The data will be made available as soon as this is resolved and the data quality assured.