11 Dec 2024·Home Office·Answered
AskedWhether the Police National Computer retains nominal records for deceased people.
ReplyThe Police National Computer (PNC) provides police and law enforcement agencies with access to centralised information about individuals, property and vehicles.A Nominal record is retained until at least 100 years after a Nominal’s birth, regardless of th...
11 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat estimate she has made of (a) the total number and (b) the percentage of prisoners on remand of the total prison population in each of the next five years.
ReplyThe Ministry of Justice published prison population projections for 2024-2029 on 5 December 2024, which are available here: Prison Population Projections: 2024 to 2029 - GOV.UK.These include the number of people projected to be remanded into custody from ...
11 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many and what proportion of prisoners are on remand for (a) summary, (b) either way and (c) indictable offences, by (i) the date of custody and (ii) offence type.
ReplyThe requested information has been provided in the attached data table. To note that the ‘date of custody’ represented in this data is ‘30 September 2024’ (i.e. the individuals were in the remand prison population on this date) - this is in line with the ...
10 Dec 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedOn what date she signed the concordat on court sitting days.
ReplyThe former Lord Chancellor reached an agreement with the judiciary on the Concordat in June 2024. The former Lord Chancellor sent the initial Concordat proposal to the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of the Tribunals on 5th June. The Lady Chie...
14 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat assessment she has made of the potential barriers to successful prosecution using information from the Acquisitive Crime GPS tagging programme.
ReplyThe effectiveness of the acquisitive crime project is currently subject to robust evaluation and conclusions will be made available following the publication of the upcoming process and impact evaluations. It is not possible to provide any information pri...
14 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of Acquisitive Crime GPS tagging programme.
ReplyThe effectiveness of the acquisitive crime project is currently subject to robust evaluation and conclusions will be made available following the publication of the upcoming process and impact evaluations. It is not possible to provide any information pri...
14 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many and what proportion of offenders with convictions related to alcohol use have been subject to an alcohol monitoring tag (a) on release from prison and (b) as part of a community sentence in each year sin
ReplyThe number of individuals subject to an alcohol monitoring tag on release from prison and as part of a community sentence can be found here: Electronic Monitoring Statistics Annual Publication, March 2024 - GOV.UK.We are unable to produce data on the prop...
14 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedHow many (a) arrests, (b) charges and (c) convictions have been made using data from the Acquisitive Crime GPS tagging programme in each year since its introduction.
ReplyBetween 12 April 2021 and 15 November 2024, there were 213 charges and 152 convictions using the data from the Acquisitive Crime project.The Department does not hold data on the dates of these charges and convictions or on the number of arrests, this data...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on how members of the public should be able to participate in the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.
ReplyThe Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference published on 21 October 2024. In developing their recommendations, the independent Chair and panel will consider how to collect evidence and launched a call for evidence on 14 November.The Department has...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on how hon. Members should be able to participate in the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.
ReplyThe Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference published on 21 October 2024. In developing their recommendations, the independent Chair and panel will consider how to collect evidence and launched a call for evidence on 14 November.The Department has...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether her Department has put in place a policy on (a) disclosure and (b) transparency between the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 and (i) Ministers and (ii) other members of her Department.
ReplyThe Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference published on 21 October 2024. In developing their recommendations, the independent Chair and panel will consider how to collect evidence and launched a call for evidence on 14 November.The Department has...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether (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.
ReplyThe 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...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on (a) when and (b) how evidence should be collected from third parties.
ReplyThis Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether her Department has provided guidance to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 on whether it should collect evidence on public opinion on sentencing.
ReplyThis Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedIf she will require the Chair of the Independent Sentencing Review to publish the evidence it receives on that review.
ReplyThis Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhether her Department has allocated funding for commissioning primary research to the Independent Sentencing Review.
ReplyThis Government has delivered on a manifesto commitment to bring sentencing up to date and ensure the framework is consistent, by launching an Independent Review of Sentencing on 22 October 2024.The Review will be guided by the Terms of Reference publishe...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWith reference to her Department's publication entitled Number of working-age individuals with a record on the PNC, published on 28 October 2024, what proportion of these records relate to individuals that (a) ar
ReplyThe information requested is provided in the table attached. This table includes data on the:Proportion of the records on the Police National Computer (PNC) in each category specified, by offenders of working age.This analysis looks at the proportion of r...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhat the process will be for appointing members to the expert panel to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025.
ReplyThe 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...
11 Nov 2024·Ministry of Justice·Answered
AskedWhen the expert panel to the Independent Sentencing Review 2024 to 2025 will be (a) appointed and (b) announced.
ReplyThe 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...
6 Nov 2024·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·Answered
AskedWhen the Government plans to publish its findings from research into the potential costs of geothermal heat in the UK.
ReplyThe electricity generation and heat supply cost estimates from geothermal energy in the UK commissioned by Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and undertaken by Ove Arup & Partners Limited (Arup) will have completed by the of this calen...