"uri","answering body","answer > is ministerial correction","answer > date of answer","answer > answer text","answer > answering member constituency","answer > answering member printed","answer > grouped question UIN","answer > question first answered","answer > uri","answer > answering member > label","answer > uri","answer > attachment > file name","answer > attachment > title","answering dept id","answering dept short name","answering dept sort name","date","hansard heading","house id","legislature > pref label","question text","registered interest","tabling member > label","tabling member constituency","tabling member printed","uin" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1151372","Ministry of Justice","false","2019-10-30","
The Government has no plans to reopen the pleural plaques compensation scheme, which operated between 2 August 2010 and 1 August 2011.
The scheme operated as an extra-statutory one, making £5000 payments on an ex-gratia basis to applicants who fulfilled the scheme’s criteria, namely that they were individuals who had begun, but not resolved, a legal claim for compensation for pleural plaques at the time of the House of Lords ruling in October 2007 in the case of Rothwell v Chemical & Insulating Co Ltd [2007] UKHL 39. That ruling had held that the occurrence of pleural plaques is not a compensatable disease.
Eligibility for the scheme was limited to that category of people as they would have had an understandable expectation of receiving compensation when they began their claim, an expectation which would not have been shared by those diagnosed later.
","Aldridge-Brownhills","Wendy Morton",,"2019-10-30T17:54:39.27Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1151372/answer","Biography information for Wendy Morton","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1151372/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2019-10-22","Pleural Plaques: Compensation","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to re-establish the right to compensation for people in England and Wales who developed pleural plaques as a result of exposure to asbestos.","false","Biography information for Julian Sturdy","York Outer","Julian Sturdy","3639" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1350855","Ministry of Justice","false","2021-09-10","The most recently published information regarding combined waiting times for a grant of probate, on paper and digital cases, covers January 2021 to March 2021 and is published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 25):
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021
Despite the unprecedented challenges faced by the probate service during the Covid 19 pandemic, and as a result of HMCTS increasing resources to meet demand, the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at between four to six weeks.
HMCTS continues to listen to user feedback and to invest in the improvement of the online Probate system to make it more accessible and easier for applicants to understand.
Improvements have also been made to communication routes. As of March 2020, all calls are now answered by the Courts & Tribunals Service Centres, which are equipped with modern technology to monitor performance levels and make improvements to the service being offered.
Contact channels and operating hours have also been extended to meet user needs meaning the service can now be contacted via:
For professional users, real time information about the progress of digital cases can now be obtained via the online Probate service without the need to contact HMCTS.
","Croydon South","Chris Philp",,"2021-09-10T11:17:47.187Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1350855/answer","Biography information for Chris Philp","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1350855/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2021-08-18","Probate","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to (a) tackle delays with probate applications and (b) improve communication between probate offices and applicants.","false","Biography information for Julian Sturdy","York Outer","Julian Sturdy","40870" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1584876","Ministry of Justice","false","2023-02-15","Effective resettlement of prison leavers is a core part of our efforts to reduce re-offending. This includes making sure someone has a home, family links where appropriate, access to healthcare, a job or further education, and/or access to benefits.
We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. The proportion of prisoners released from custody employed at six months rose by almost two thirds between April 2021 and March 2022. That is an increase of nine percentage points, from 14% to 23%.
We also know that supporting prisoners to tackle addictions is important to reduce reoffending. MoJ is investing up to £120m to support more offenders into treatment – including increasing the number of Incentivised Substance Free Living units to up to 100, and establishing up to 18 new, abstinence-only Drug Recovery Wings.
Our temporary accommodation service is designed to ensure that prison leavers at risk of homelessness have a stable base on release, improving their opportunities for employment.
The introduction of Resettlement Passports will bring together the key information and services that are needed to resettle in the community, such as bank accounts, CVs and identity documents to prove the right to work and rent.
","East Hampshire","Damian Hinds",,"2023-02-15T16:38:53.667Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1584876/answer","Biography information for Damian Hinds","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1584876/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2023-02-07","Prisoners: Rehabilitation","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support prisoners reintegrate into society.","false","Biography information for Julian Sturdy","York Outer","Julian Sturdy","141414" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1170936","Ministry of Justice","false","2020-01-23","The Legal Aid Agency monitors the number of applications for public funding, as opposed to the number of discrete individuals who have received legal aid; one person may apply for legal aid on more than one occasion.
The figures below show the number of applications received and those subsequently granted for Civil Representation by providers located within the York Local Authority area. Please note that location data is based upon the solicitor’s office, rather than the address of the applicant. Individuals who reside within York may choose to access legal aid at a firm based in another location, and vice versa.
Where an application is ‘not granted’, this may be for a variety of reasons, including administrative (e.g. where information is missing or forms are not signed), or where the applicant does not meet the legal or financial tests to be eligible for public funding.
Solicitors are responsible for decisions on whether to grant funding under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme of civil legal aid, and therefore data on unsuccessful applications for this type of public funding are not available. Information on those cases opened under ‘Legal Help’ is published at: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/853445/legal-aid-statistics-civil-starts-provider-location-data-to-sep-2019.csv
Financial Year | Granted | Not Granted | Total Applications |
2009-2010 | 775 | 174 | 949 |
2010-2011 | 694 | 201 | 895 |
2011-2012 | 659 | 99 | 758 |
2012-2013 | 593 | 112 | 705 |
2013-2014 | 428 | 51 | 479 |
2014-2015 | 440 | 36 | 476 |
2015-2016 | 450 | 30 | 480 |
2016-2017 | 462 | 16 | 478 |
2017-2018 | 535 | 34 | 569 |
2018-2019 | 616 | 21 | 637 |
The number of custodial sentences imposed at a) York Magistrates’ court and b) York Crown Court from 2010 – 2018 can be found in the accompanying table.
","Croydon South","Chris Philp",,"2020-01-23T15:27:13.823Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171307/answer","Biography information for Chris Philp","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171307/answer","PQ4411 Response Table.xlsx","Table","54","Justice","Justice","2020-01-16","Prison Sentences: York","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custodial sentences were handed down at (a) York Magistrates' court and (b) York Crown court in each year since 2010.","false","Biography information for Rachael Maskell","York Central","Rachael Maskell","4411" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171308","Ministry of Justice","false","2020-01-23","Information on national cash and real term expenditure is published as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s statistical releases, the most recent of which is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019. It is not possible to produce information in these terms for the areas of England and York only. Information on the value of claims paid each year to providers in these areas (on a ‘closed case’ basis) may however be viewed via the above link.
Information on the proportion of people and cases receiving legal aid could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
","Aldridge-Brownhills","Wendy Morton",,"2020-01-23T16:25:40.92Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171308/answer","Biography information for Wendy Morton","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1171308/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2020-01-16","Legal Aid Scheme","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been spent on (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in (A) England and (B) York in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of people with cases before (a) civil and (b) criminal courts received legal aid in (i) England and (ii) York in each year since 2010.","false","Biography information for Rachael Maskell","York Central","Rachael Maskell","4412" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1174823","Ministry of Justice","false","2020-02-07","Information about the outcomes of Personal Independence Payment1 (PIP) appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics
For the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available, the proportion of successful PIP appeal tribunals upheld without the appellant or their representative attending was 37%2.
Decisions on benefits can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts & Tribunals Service cannot comment on decisions made by independent tribunal judiciary.
1 PIP (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes PIP Claims (Reassessments).
2 Appeals cleared at a tribunal hearing will include cases cleared at both oral (parties to the proceeding are afforded the opportunity to attend) hearings and paper cases, it may also include some withdrawals, does not include adjournments.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.
","Croydon South","Chris Philp","10400","2020-02-07T10:55:34.493Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1174823/answer","Biography information for Chris Philp","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1174823/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2020-01-30","Personal Independence Payment: Appeals","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many personal independence payment appeals were upheld at tribunal in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.","false","Biography information for Rachael Maskell","York Central","Rachael Maskell","10399" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1174824","Ministry of Justice","false","2020-02-07","Information about the outcomes of Personal Independence Payment1 (PIP) appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:
www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics
For the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available, the proportion of successful PIP appeal tribunals upheld without the appellant or their representative attending was 37%2.
Decisions on benefits can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts & Tribunals Service cannot comment on decisions made by independent tribunal judiciary.
1 PIP (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes PIP Claims (Reassessments).
2 Appeals cleared at a tribunal hearing will include cases cleared at both oral (parties to the proceeding are afforded the opportunity to attend) hearings and paper cases, it may also include some withdrawals, does not include adjournments.
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.
","Croydon South","Chris Philp","10399","2020-02-07T10:55:34.547Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1174824/answer","Biography information for Chris Philp","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1174824/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2020-01-30","Personal Independence Payment: Appeals","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of successful personal independence payment appeal tribunals were upheld without the claimant or their representative attending.","false","Biography information for Rachael Maskell","York Central","Rachael Maskell","10400" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1191803","Ministry of Justice","false","2020-05-07","The Government understands the practical challenges faced by separated parents during the current pandemic. The Government’s general guidance is that only essential travel should be undertaken.
Where parents do not live in the same household, children under 18 can be moved between their parents’ homes to continue existing arrangements for contact, including contact specified in a Child Arrangements Order. Whether a child should move between parental homes is for the child’s parents to decide after a sensible assessment of the circumstances. This includes the child’s present health, the risk of infection and the presence of any individuals in either household who are defined as medically vulnerable.
Where distance or other considerations make face to face contact difficult, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) has published helpful advice on effective co-parenting which is available at https://portal.cafcass.clickrelationships.org/home/all-issues/
","Cheltenham","Alex Chalk",,"2020-05-07T16:00:41.693Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1191803/answer","Biography information for Alex Chalk","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1191803/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2020-04-29","Parents: Coronavirus","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the advice is for parents who are co-parenting and live in different localities, requiring substantial travel, during the covid-19 lockdown.","false","Biography information for Rachael Maskell","York Central","Rachael Maskell","41526" "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1195672","Ministry of Justice","false","2020-05-22","We recognise the essential role of not-for-profit advice sector organisations in local communities across the country, and we support them in this vital work.
We also recognise that this is an exceptionally difficult time for these not-for-profit advice sector organisations as they are having to adapt their services whilst dealing with significant disruption to their income streams.
That is why we announced £5.4 million that has been allocated to the not for profit providers of specialist legal advice.
£3 million of this will be earmarked specifically for Law Centres. The remaining £2.4m will be allocated to the Access to Justice Foundation Community Justice Fund to distribute among other not-for-profit providers of specialist advice.
This is in addition to the £370m of funding that the National Lottery Communities Fund is administering, which qualifying third sector organisations, including those within the advice sector, will be able to bid for.
Both the £5.4m the Government is allocating to advice providers, and the funding that these organisations will be able to apply for from the National Lottery Communities Fund will go some way to help support these vital organisations. Where appropriate it will also enable them to expand their operations to meet growing demand for legal support across England and Wales.
The Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy has secured additional funding for the national charities, Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland and is intending to announce details soon. Both conduct vital work to support individuals to manage throughout the covid-19 outbreak, particularly by helping them find appropriate support.
","Cheltenham","Alex Chalk",,"2020-05-22T14:16:00.19Z","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1195672/answer","Biography information for Alex Chalk","http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1195672/answer",,,"54","Justice","Justice","2020-05-13","Legal Opinion: Coronavirus","1","House of Commons","To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what additional funding he plans to make available to (a) Citizens Advice, (b) Law Centres and (c) other advice organisations in the not-for-profit sector to meet a potential rise in the demand for their services due to the covid-19 outbreak.","false","Biography information for Rachael Maskell","York Central","Rachael Maskell","46739"