Coronavirus (COVID-19): The impact on courts Contents

Written evidence

1A Criminal Barrister

2Arthur Michael Robinson

3Chartered Institute of Legal Executives

4Children’s Rights Alliance for England the Youth Justice Legal Centre, part of Just for Kids Law

5Clinks: Impact on the voluntary sector

6Clinks: Briefing for Justice Committee

7Criminal Justice Alliance 5 June 2020

8Criminal Justice Alliance 2 April 2020

9Fair Trials

10Howard League for Penal Reform: Women in prison

11Howard League for Penal Reform: Briefing for Justice Committee

12Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in custody

13INQUEST

14JUSTICE: Briefing for Justice Committee

15JUSTICE: Ensuring fairness in socially distanced trials

16Law Centres Network

17Law Society’s Junior Lawyers Division

18Legal Aid Practitioners

19Rt Hon Lord Burnett of Malden, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, dated 10 June, Open Justice

20Magistrates Association

21Ministry of Justice

22Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 7 July 2020: Impact of COVID-19 on criminal enforcement

23Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, dated 28 May 2020: CPT Statement of Principles

24Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, dated 10 June 2020: Reforms to probation services

25Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice: Covid-19 plans for easing of restrictions

26Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice dated 26 May 2020: HMPPS reporting of staff cases of Covid-19

27Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice dated 28 May 2020: Covid-19 testing for prison and probation staff

28Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice dated 28 May 2020: Deployment of temporary accommodation across the prison estate as part of Covd-19 mitigation plan

29Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice dated 28 May 2020: Covid-19 in prisons: family contact

30Chris Philp MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, 17 June 2020: Release of HMMCTS weekly operational management information

31Chris Philp MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice, 3 June 2020: Changes made to mitigate the impact of Covid 19 on the courts and tribunal system

32NACRO

33Sir Robert Neill, Chair, Justice Committee to Lord Chancellor, dated 8 April 2020: evidence session on 7 April 2020

34Prison Governors Association

35Prison Reform Trust: 21 May 2020

36Prison Reform Trust: 14 May 2020

37Prison Reform Trust: Briefing for Justice Committee

38Public and Commercial Services Union

39Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group

40Revolving Doors Agency

41Standing Committee for Youth Justice

42Switchback

43Transform Justice: Issues in the criminal courts

44Transform Justice: Briefing for Justice Committee

45Unlock

46Women in Prison: Briefing for Justice Committee

47Women in Prison: additional material on planning for release

48Young Legal Aid Lawyers





Published: 30 July 2020