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HANSARDChild Maintenance ServiceCan I ask the noble and learned Lord to wind up, as we have a seven-minute speaking limit?24 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceI am sorry, I have to stop the noble Baroness. It is not fair on others.24 Jun 2021HANSARDOfficial Development AssistanceMay I remind the noble Baroness that the speaking limit is two minutes?24 Jun 2021HANSARDScotland Act 2016 (Social Security) (Consequential Provision) (Miscellaneous Amendment) Regulations 2021Lord Naseby, can you hear me?22 Jun 2021HANSARDEnd-to-end Rape ReviewPerhaps the noble Baroness could conclude.22 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyI agree with the noble and learned Baroness. The new probation service, which is a unified service nationally and starts at the end of this week, is the way that we can look much…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, I agree that we should be working with the courts system to ensure that judges and magistrates understand the particular issues for women and issue sentences accordingly.21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyNo, my Lords, the Government are not planning for failure. We are planning to deliver part of the strategy for women offenders, which is to update the women’s estate. This…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy noble friend is absolutely right. We need to put a whole system around each of our female offenders, or women who are likely to become offenders. As far as the women’s centres…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyInvesting in the women’s custodial estate will improve conditions for female prisoners through the modern gender-specific and trauma-informed design—that is important. We hope…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyHer Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service ensures that all transgender individuals are managed safely, with their rights properly respected and in accordance with the law.…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, we need to do both. We recognise that the level of self-harm in the women’s estate is too high and we are determined to reduce it. Part of doing that will be to update…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, the Female Offender Strategy launched an ambitious work programme to improve the outcomes for female offenders, which will take several years to deliver. However, three…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, the concordat was between government departments and all departments have joined up to it. Locally it is more difficult, but the important part of delivering good…21 Jun 2021HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, I do not have the answer to the noble Lord’s question, but I can say that there are a number of groups in government working all the time on early intervention and…21 Jun 2021HANSARDYouth Justice StatisticsI thank the noble Lord and thank him for the work that he does with the magistrates’ service. The Youth Custody Service has refreshed equality plans across its establishments,…10 Jun 2021HANSARDYouth Justice StatisticsThe over-representation of ethnic minority children in the youth justice system, including in custody, is a real concern to the Government. We want people to have confidence in…10 Jun 2021HANSARDYouth Justice StatisticsI am aware that my noble friend the Minister sent a comprehensive response to the Question from the noble Baroness when it was dropped due to Prorogation. However, I will answer…10 Jun 2021HANSARDYouth Justice StatisticsI thank my noble friend for her question. The number of children being sentenced has decreased considerably over the past 10 years. However, we recognise that this decrease has…10 Jun 2021HANSARDYouth Justice StatisticsMy Lords, we are aware of this concern and are examining it in the context of a departmental review into the use of custodial remand for children, which is shortly to be…10 Jun 2021