Asked by: Lord Northbrook (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have remained pending and incomplete in each of the previous five calendar years, respectively.
Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
On 1 September 2024, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had 1,088 cases open, of those, 921 were under review (including triage), 167 were waiting to be allocated to a case review manager.
The table below provides the data for 2024 and the previous five calendar years:
Year | Applications Closed | Referrals |
2019 | 1,539 | 22 |
2020 | 1,063 | 76 |
2021 | 1,216 | 21 |
2022 | 1,174 | 33 |
2023 | 1,487 | 20 |
1 January 2024 to 1 September 2024 | 969 | 19 |
The number of open cases as of 31 December of each year is below:
Year | Open cases as of 31 December |
2019 | 700 (530 under review, 170 waiting) |
2020 | 725 (600 under review, 125 waiting) |
2021 | 755 (646 under review, 109 waiting) |
2022 | 890 (763 under review, 127 waiting) |
2023 | 1,010 (855 under review, 155 waiting) |
The number of cases completed by the CCRC in each financial year is reported in their Annual Reports, which can be found on their website.
Asked by: Lord Northbrook (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission have been concluded and reported on in (1) 2024 and (2) each of the previous five calendar years.
Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
On 1 September 2024, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had 1,088 cases open, of those, 921 were under review (including triage), 167 were waiting to be allocated to a case review manager.
The table below provides the data for 2024 and the previous five calendar years:
Year | Applications Closed | Referrals |
2019 | 1,539 | 22 |
2020 | 1,063 | 76 |
2021 | 1,216 | 21 |
2022 | 1,174 | 33 |
2023 | 1,487 | 20 |
1 January 2024 to 1 September 2024 | 969 | 19 |
The number of open cases as of 31 December of each year is below:
Year | Open cases as of 31 December |
2019 | 700 (530 under review, 170 waiting) |
2020 | 725 (600 under review, 125 waiting) |
2021 | 755 (646 under review, 109 waiting) |
2022 | 890 (763 under review, 127 waiting) |
2023 | 1,010 (855 under review, 155 waiting) |
The number of cases completed by the CCRC in each financial year is reported in their Annual Reports, which can be found on their website.
Asked by: Lord Northbrook (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many cases submitted to the Criminal Cases Review Commission were outstanding on 1 September 2024.
Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
On 1 September 2024, the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) had 1,088 cases open, of those, 921 were under review (including triage), 167 were waiting to be allocated to a case review manager.
The table below provides the data for 2024 and the previous five calendar years:
Year | Applications Closed | Referrals |
2019 | 1,539 | 22 |
2020 | 1,063 | 76 |
2021 | 1,216 | 21 |
2022 | 1,174 | 33 |
2023 | 1,487 | 20 |
1 January 2024 to 1 September 2024 | 969 | 19 |
The number of open cases as of 31 December of each year is below:
Year | Open cases as of 31 December |
2019 | 700 (530 under review, 170 waiting) |
2020 | 725 (600 under review, 125 waiting) |
2021 | 755 (646 under review, 109 waiting) |
2022 | 890 (763 under review, 127 waiting) |
2023 | 1,010 (855 under review, 155 waiting) |
The number of cases completed by the CCRC in each financial year is reported in their Annual Reports, which can be found on their website.
Asked by: Lord Sikka (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people have been prosecuted under section 36 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 in each of the years since its inception; and what outcomes were achieved.
Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database has not recorded any prosecutions under section 36 of the Financial Services (Banking Reform) Act 2013 since its introduction.
Please see the offence group classification which lists the offences available to view in the Outcomes by Offence tool available via the following link: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). This provides information on the number of prosecutions, convictions, sentences and sentence outcomes in England and Wales.
Asked by: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of appeals on decisions relating to education, health and care plans result in the granting of a plan to the child.
Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
In the 2022-23 academic year (the latest period for which statistics are published), there were 986 disposals against the refusal to make an education, health, and care (EHC) plan. Of the 668 which went before the Tribunal to determine, 635 (64% of all disposals) resulted in an order for an EHC plan to be made.
Asked by: Jo White (Labour - Bassetlaw)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many of the prisoners released under the early release scheme (a) are foreign nationals and (b) will be deported.
Answered by Nicholas Dakin - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
We are unable to provide the requested prisoner release figures at this time, as they form a subset of prisoner releases data scheduled for future publication. Numbers of custodial releases for the period covering July 2024 to September 2024 will be published on 30 January 2025, here: Offender management statistics quarterly - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
All foreign national offenders in receipt of custodial sentences are referred to the Home Office to be considered for deportation. The Home Office make all final decisions relating to deportation, taking into account individual circumstances in each case, meaning it is not possible to predict future deportation numbers.
Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many foreign prisoners are currently in prisons in England and Wales, what proportion that represents of the prison population, what proportion are sentenced for criminal offences making them eligible for deportation, and from which 10 countries the highest number of prisoners come.
Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
There were 10,435 (3,578 remand, 6,486 sentenced and 371 non-criminal) Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) held in custody on 30 June 2024; representing 12% of the total prison population.
See below table for top 10 nationalities held in custody on 30 June 2024:
Nationality | Number in prison in England and Wales |
Albanian | 1,227 |
Polish | 911 |
Romanian | 729 |
Irish | 634 |
Jamaican | 370 |
Pakistani | 316 |
Lithuanian | 313 |
Portuguese | 289 |
Iraqi | 276 |
Indian | 273 |
The Government is committed to the removal of FNOs. All FNOs in receipt of custodial sentences are referred to the Home Office to be considered for deportation.
Asked by: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to enable prisoners with work outside the confines of prison to be paid a wage.
Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. That is why we have committed to break the cycle of reoffending by better supporting prisons to link up with employers and the voluntary sector to get more people with convictions into work.
Release on Temporary Licence (ROTL) allows prisoners to be released temporarily into the community for specific purposes, including to engage in employment. Prisoners working on ROTL are paid the same as their counterparts in the community and are subject to the same income tax, National Insurance and child support requirements, as well as other court ordered deductions.
In addition, the Prisoners’ Earnings Act 1996 (PEA) gives governors the power to deduct up to and including 40% from prisoners’ earnings on ROTL. Currently, the money deducted is given to the charity Victim Support. An average of £296 per prisoner per month was raised through the levy; totalling £4.2 million raised for the year ending March 2024.
Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede on 1 August (HL330), on what basis the Ministry of Justice made a payment to the Press Recognition Panel of £430,000 in April; and whether they intend to place in the House of Lords Library a copy of all correspondence between the Ministry of Justice and Press Regulation Panel relating to the payment.
Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Royal Charter on Self-Regulation of the press sets out that The Exchequer (acting through the Lord Chancellor) will fund the Press Recognition Panel (PRP) until it becomes effective. It also sets out that in the event that the PRP considers its income is likely to be insufficient it will have a right to request further reasonable sums so it is not frustrated by a lack of funding. Whilst the Lord Chancellor is the conduit for the PRP with HM Treasury, they have no policy responsibility under the Royal Charter that created the PRP. The PRP publish their accounts on an annual basis, confirming their annual income of £430,000.
Asked by: Baroness Porter of Fulwood (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made for future graduate recruitment into the prison workforce (including for the cohort graduating in 2025).
Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
HMPPS recognises the value that graduate prison officers bring to prisons and is committed to continuing to invest in its pipeline of future leaders. Several options for talent schemes, including graduate programmes, are being explored.
The contract with the current graduate scheme provider will run until October 2026. All participants will continue to receive full support from our staff to thrive in their career with HMPPS.