James Cartlidge: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor (Alex Chalk) to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey) on 25 January 2023 to Question 128600. Fleet Solid Support Ships: Contracts (docx, 15.0KB)
Alex Chalk: Our plan to cut crime and keep the public safe is working. Violent and neighbourhood crime have reduced by over 50% since 2010, and the reoffending rate is down from 31% to 25%. We are locking up more criminals for longer: over the past decade, the average time offenders spend behind bars increased by more than 40% and rapists now go to prison for nearly 3 years longer, on average, than in...
Alex Chalk: The Government is announcing today that it will introduce legislation in this parliamentary session that will address the impacts of the UK Supreme Court judgment in PACCAR, which concerned a claim against truck manufacturers regarding anti-competitive behaviour. Third-party litigation funding enables people to get funding to bring big and complex claims against bigger, better-resourced...
Alex Chalk: My Rt Hon. Friend Home Secretary (James Cleverly) and I have published on 14 February 2024 a Progress Report on the End-to-End Rape Review Action Plan (published June 2021). This is the fifth progress report on implementation and demonstrates the Government’s ongoing commitment to transparency on our progress delivering the ambitions of the Rape Review. The Report details the improvements...
Victoria Prentis: ...guidance on departmental accounts. In the interests of transparency, I can confirm that in the 2022-23 period, the following payments were made: My right hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Alex Chalk) - £14,490 (August 2022) My hon. Friend the Member for Eddisbury (Edward Timpson) - £14,490 (October 2022) My right hon. Friend the Member for Northampton North (Sir Michael Ellis) -...
James Cartlidge: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by my predecessor (Alex Chalk) on 19 January 2023, 120870, on MOD spending on external consultants for the Joint Crypt Key Programme. National Security: Cybersecurity (docx, 25.1KB)
Alex Chalk: The Illegal Migration Act, once commenced, will provide for accelerated claims and appeal timescales for individuals subject to the Duty to Remove provisions of the Act when making suspensive claims relating to the narrow grounds of serious harm and removals conditions. The Act provides that these appeals are to be heard in the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) rather than...
Alex Chalk: I wish to inform the House that the Independent Investigation into the alleged escape of Daniel Khalife from HMP Wandsworth on 6 September 2023 has concluded. Escapes from the prison estate are extremely rare – there were 16 escapes from establishments between April 2010 and March 2023, compared with 146 escapes from establishments between April 1997 and March 2010. However, it is vital for...
James Cartlidge: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to him by the previous Minister for Defence Procurement, the right hon Alex Chalk KC to Question 172980 on 30 March 2023. Artillery: Finance (docx, 14.7KB)
Alex Chalk: In August 2023, I announced that the Ministry of Justice would establish a non-statutory independent inquiry into the issues raised by the miscarriage of justice suffered by Andrew Malkinson. Mr Malkinson deserves thorough answers as to how and why this miscarriage of justice took so long to uncover. An innocent man spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, whilst a rapist...
James Cartlidge: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the previous Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk KC) on 12 January 2023 to Question 117843 to the hon. Member for Slough (Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi). Army Weapons (docx, 23.3KB)
James Cartlidge: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the previous Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk KC) on 13 March 2023 to Question 161244 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Kevan Jones). Puma Helicopters (docx, 22.4KB)
James Cartlidge: Further to the right hon. Member's Question 188467, I refer him to the answer my predecessor (Alex Chalk) gave on 3 March 2023 to question 155050 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones). Type 32 Frigates Procurement (docx, 24.1KB)
James Cartlidge: I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend, the previous Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk) on 17 January 2023 to Question 120882 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Kevan Jones). Warrior Vehicles (docx, 18.1KB)
Alex Chalk: I am pleased to publish today the Government’s full response to the recommendations made by Clare Wade KC in the independent Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review. This builds on the interim response which was made alongside publication of the Review in March this year and involves important legislative changes to the sentencing framework in England and Wales. Murder is the most serious crime...
James Cartlidge: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend, the previous Minister for Defence Procurement (Alex Chalk) on 17 January 2023 to Question 120882 to the right hon. Member for North Durham (Mr Kevan Jones). Warrior Vehicles (docx, 22.5KB)
Alex Chalk: I am today confirming the Government’s decision on pay awards for both prison staff and the judiciary. Prison Staff Pay Award 2023/24 Having carefully considered the Prison Service Pay Review Body’s (PSPRB) recommendations on the 2023/24 pay award, we are accepting in full the 13 recommendations made by the PSPRB for all staff within their remit for implementation in this financial...
Alex Chalk: My Hon Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Suella Braverman) and I are pleased to announce that the government is today publishing a progress report two years on from the publication of the End-to-End Rape Review Action Plan. This is the fourth six-monthly progress report on implementation, and demonstrates the Government’s ongoing commitment to be transparent and...
James Cartlidge: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer my predecessor (Alex Chalk) gave on 7 March 2023 to Question 156935 to the right. hon Member for North Durham (Kevan Jones). AWACS Procurement (docx, 18.0KB)
James Cartlidge: I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor (Alex Chalk) gave on 18 January 2023 to Question 119895 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (John Healey). Armed Forces: Housing (docx, 22.2KB)