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1055973

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 213932 on Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands, what the change has been in the number of offences for each crime type in (a) the West Midlands and (b) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	217441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of offences recorded against crime types. However, the CPS does collect data which reports the number of prosecuted defendants allocated to twelve Principal Offence Categories which is collated in financial years.</p><p> </p><p>The tables in Annex A show the number of finalised prosecution outcomes by Principal Offence during each year from 2010-11 to 2017-18 in the West Midlands CPS Area and in England.</p><p> </p><p>During the 8 year period reported in the table, magistrates’ courts caseload has fallen by 31% and Crown Court caseload by 23% in the West Midlands Area, compared to falls of 47% and 34% respectively across England as a whole.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the falling caseload it is important to be aware that the types of cases prosecuted in the West Midlands and England have changed significantly in the period between 2010 and 2018. The CPS is prosecuting more serious and complex cases in the West Midlands Area as evidenced by a 46% rise in homicide (35% in England), a 34% increase in fraud and forgery (compared to a fall of 17% in England) and a 55% increase in sexual offences cases (26% in England). During this period, minor motoring cases have fallen by 67% in the Area with a similar fall reflected across England. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland grouped question UIN 217439 question first answered 11/02/2019 11:35:40 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland attachment 1 file name 217439 & 217441 - Annex A.docx title Annex A
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1054647

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the (a) budget and (b) costs have been for his Department's offices on King Charles Street, London in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	216182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) pays business rates on the King Charles Street building, calculated on a financial year basis. In the current financial year (1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019) the total cost of rates payable is £4,304,070. On a pro rata basis, the rates cost so far for 2019 (1 January to 5 February) is £424,511. The FCO has not yet been informed of its business rates liability for the financial year beginning 1 April 2019. The FCO does not pay rent on the King Charles Street building, which it owns outright.</p><p>The total expected utilities costs for the King Charles Street building for the current financial year (including actual spend to the end of December 2018, and forecast spend for January, February and March 2019) is £1,752,611. These costs are broken down into the following:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitehall District Heating</p></td><td><p><strong>676,607</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>954,999</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>42,001</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Water Non-Residential</p></td><td><p><strong>79,004</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 15:57:39 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1054648

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which properties on his Department's assets register were worth over £5 million at 31 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	216183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>There are 86 properties valued in existing use with a net book value over £5 million as at 31 March 2018 in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Asset Register, as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Properties</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abu Dhabi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abuja</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accra</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Addis Ababa</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Algiers</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amman</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Athens</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bahrain</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgrade</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berlin</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berne</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgetown</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brussels</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Buenos Aires</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cairo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caracas</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dublin</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Geneva</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harare</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helsinki</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hong Kong</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Istanbul</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jakarta</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kampala</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Khartoum</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kinshasa</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuala Lumpur</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kuwait</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lagos</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lilongwe</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manila</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mogadishu</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moscow</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mumbai</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nairobi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Delhi</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New York</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oslo</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ottawa</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paris</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rabat</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rangoon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rome</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>San Francisco</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Santiago</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seoul</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockholm</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tbilisi</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tel Aviv</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hague</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tokyo</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vienna</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warsaw</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 11/02/2019 16:00:25 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1049556

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Internet: Self-harm and Suicide
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they have taken, prior to the announcement on 27 January that they would consider banning websites promoting self-harm and suicide, to protect young people from harmful online content.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Government is taking a range of measures to protect children and young people from harmful online content.</p><p>Through the Digital Economy Act 2017, the government is introducing a requirement for commercial providers of online pornography to have robust age verification controls in place to prevent children and young people under 18 from accessing pornographic material.</p><p> </p><p>In addition we have worked with Internet Service Providers to introduce a rigorous and comprehensive system of family-friendly content filtering, through which parents can help protect their children from viewing harmful content over home broadband networks.</p><p> </p><p>Through the UK Council for Child Internet Safety we have produced a practical guide for providers of social media and interactive services, in which we set out best practices for preventing children from encountering harmful content.</p><p>Furthermore, the Data Protection Act 2018 introduced a new requirement for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to produce a statutory code of practice on age-appropriate design. This code will ensure that websites and applications are designed in a way that makes clear what data is being collected on children, how this data is being used, and how both children and parents can stay in control of this data.</p><p>Nevertheless there is still more to do, which is why we will shortly be publishing an Online Harms White Paper, which will set out a range of legislative and non-legislative measures detailing how the Government will tackle the full range of online harms and set clear responsibilities for tech companies to keep UK citizens safe.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde question first answered 11/02/2019 15:43:57 answering member 4247 label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1049557

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	China: Uyghurs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the account of Gulbahar Jelilova, a Muslim Uyghur woman, who was reportedly subject to degrading treatment at a re-education camp in China; and what assessment they have made of the accuracy of estimates cited by the United Nations that up to 1 million ethnic Muslim-minority Uyghurs may be held involuntarily in extralegal detention in Xinjiang.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL13146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>We are aware of reports of the detention of Gulbahar Jelil (Jelilova) in Xinjiang.</p><p>We have serious concerns about the human rights situation in Xinjiang and the Chinese Government’s deepening crackdown; including credible reports that over one million Uyghurs have been held in re-education camps, and widespread surveillance and restrictions targeted at ethnic minorities.</p><p>During China’s Universal Periodic Review at the UN Human Rights Council on 6 November, the UK made a statement which described our concern about the treatment of ethnic minorities in China, including Uyghurs. We issued a specific recommendation, calling on China to implement the recommendations by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Xinjiang, and to allow the UN to monitor the implementation.</p><p>Mr Field raised our concerns about Xinjiang with Vice Minister Guo Yezhou during his visit to China on 22 July 2018. The Foreign Secretary also raised our concerns about the region with Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi during his visit to China on 30 July 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 11/02/2019 14:25:37 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1049558

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unconditional offers have been made by universities to school and college leavers in each year since 2010; and in each of those years, what percentage of total offers were unconditional.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL13147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Applicants to full-time undergraduate degrees apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). UCAS have published data on the number of unconditional offers and the proportion of offers made that were unconditional since 2010. The data covers offers made to 18 year olds from England, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p>The table shows the number of unconditional offers made and the proportion of offers made that were unconditional to 18 year old applicants from England, Northern Ireland, and Wales.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unconditional offers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of offers made that were unconditional</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5,105</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,355</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,985</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,115</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>23,410</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>36,825</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>51,615</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>67,915</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: UCAS End of Cycle reports 2017 and 2018:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/196151/download?token=jzRAy4kS" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/196151/download?token=jzRAy4kS</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/140406/download?token=pfzLAKRe" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/140406/download?token=pfzLAKRe</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>UCAS defines an unconditional offer as a provider decision to grant a place to an applicant that is not subject to the applicant satisfying academic and/or other criteria.A conditional unconditional offer is an offer made by a provider which was originally conditional, but becomes unconditional if the applicant selects that offer as their firm (first) choice. By definition, conditional unconditional offers that are selected as a firm choice by the applicant become unconditional and are also included in the unconditional offers group.Offer with an unconditional component are defined as an offers showing as having an element of unconditional offer-making, that is, unconditional offers plus conditional unconditional offers that have not been selected as firm (and hence remain conditional unconditional).</li><li>Figures provided in the table are based on the offer status at the 30 June application deadline.</li><li>Data on conditional unconditional offers, and offers that had an unconditional component have not been included in the table due to data not being published prior to 2013.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding which universities allocated places to applicants on an unconditional basis and for each of those universities, what percentage of total offers were unconditional in each of those years is not held centrally.</p><p>However, on 31 January UCAS published data on unconditional offers by each provider for the first time as part of their 2018 End of Cycle data releases. For each provider, UCAS have published data on the number and proportion of offers that were unconditional, conditional unconditional, and offers that had an unconditional component since 2013. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-reports/2018-ucas-undergraduate-unconditional-offer-making-provider-reports" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-reports/2018-ucas-undergraduate-unconditional-offer-making-provider-reports</a> – then select ‘Individual 2018 provider level unconditional offer-making CSVs’.</p><p> </p><p>The government are concerned by the increase in unconditional offers, and have asked the higher education (HE) regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), to monitor and review how they are being used by HE providers. Where institutions cannot justify the rising numbers being offered we have made clear to the OfS that they should use the full range of powers at their disposal to take action.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL13148 question first answered 11/02/2019 14:01:28 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1049559

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Universities: Admissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which universities allocated places to applicants on an unconditional basis in each year since 2010; and for each of those universities, what percentage of total offers were unconditional in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bassam of Brighton
uin	HL13148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Applicants to full-time undergraduate degrees apply through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). UCAS have published data on the number of unconditional offers and the proportion of offers made that were unconditional since 2010. The data covers offers made to 18 year olds from England, Northern Ireland and Wales.</p><p>The table shows the number of unconditional offers made and the proportion of offers made that were unconditional to 18 year old applicants from England, Northern Ireland, and Wales.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of unconditional offers</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of offers made that were unconditional</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>5,105</p></td><td><p>0.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3,355</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,985</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,115</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>23,410</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>36,825</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>51,615</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>67,915</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: UCAS End of Cycle reports 2017 and 2018:</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/196151/download?token=jzRAy4kS" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/196151/download?token=jzRAy4kS</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/140406/download?token=pfzLAKRe" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/file/140406/download?token=pfzLAKRe</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><ol><li>UCAS defines an unconditional offer as a provider decision to grant a place to an applicant that is not subject to the applicant satisfying academic and/or other criteria.A conditional unconditional offer is an offer made by a provider which was originally conditional, but becomes unconditional if the applicant selects that offer as their firm (first) choice. By definition, conditional unconditional offers that are selected as a firm choice by the applicant become unconditional and are also included in the unconditional offers group.Offer with an unconditional component are defined as an offers showing as having an element of unconditional offer-making, that is, unconditional offers plus conditional unconditional offers that have not been selected as firm (and hence remain conditional unconditional).</li><li>Figures provided in the table are based on the offer status at the 30 June application deadline.</li><li>Data on conditional unconditional offers, and offers that had an unconditional component have not been included in the table due to data not being published prior to 2013.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information regarding which universities allocated places to applicants on an unconditional basis and for each of those universities, what percentage of total offers were unconditional in each of those years is not held centrally.</p><p>However, on 31 January UCAS published data on unconditional offers by each provider for the first time as part of their 2018 End of Cycle data releases. For each provider, UCAS have published data on the number and proportion of offers that were unconditional, conditional unconditional, and offers that had an unconditional component since 2013. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-reports/2018-ucas-undergraduate-unconditional-offer-making-provider-reports" target="_blank">https://www.ucas.com/data-and-analysis/undergraduate-statistics-and-reports/ucas-undergraduate-end-cycle-reports/2018-ucas-undergraduate-unconditional-offer-making-provider-reports</a> – then select ‘Individual 2018 provider level unconditional offer-making CSVs’.</p><p> </p><p>The government are concerned by the increase in unconditional offers, and have asked the higher education (HE) regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), to monitor and review how they are being used by HE providers. Where institutions cannot justify the rising numbers being offered we have made clear to the OfS that they should use the full range of powers at their disposal to take action.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL13147 question first answered 11/02/2019 14:01:28 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	3504 label Biography information for Lord Bassam of Brighton

1049561

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of "reasonable access to alternative courts" in relation to the closure of magistrates' courts.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL13149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service considers several factors when assessing the impact of court closures on access to justice, as set out in our estates principles. These include careful consideration of journey times to alternative courts, the challenges of rural access and the needs of vulnerable users.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation ‘Fit for the future: transforming the court and tribunal estate’ published in January 2018 set out proposals to update our estates principles to take account of the modernisation of our courts and tribunals. We have carefully considered all responses to the consultation and we will publish our consultation response in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 11/02/2019 16:19:14 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1049562

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the current criteria for the closure of magistrates' courts.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL13150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>All assessments regarding closures of courts are made against the HMCTS estates principles.</p><p>These were included in the Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate consultation and can be accessed at: <a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/transforming-court-tribunal-estate/" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/transforming-court-tribunal-estate/</a></p><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly and only happens following full public consultation and when communities have reasonable access to alternative courts.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 11/02/2019 16:19:46 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1049563

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many proposed closures of magistrates' courts have been withdrawn since 2010 following consultation.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL13151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, one magistrates’ court closure consultation – Cambridge Magistrates’ Court (published January 2018) - has been withdrawn.</p><p> </p><p>Following the receipt of new information regarding the likely proceed of disposal and consideration of the cost of re-provision, the Lord Chancellor concluded that the value for money case had not been made.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 11/02/2019 16:24:51 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham