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1167442

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date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) magistrates, (b) crown and (c) family courts which are scheduled to be sold are (i) still hearing cases and (ii) shut but yet to be sold.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	7677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The number of criminal or family courts that are currently operational and are scheduled to be disposed are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Magistrates’ courts</p></td><td><p>Crown courts</p></td><td><p>Family courts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The number of criminal or family courts that are closed but are not yet disposed are as follows;</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Magistrates’ courts</p></td><td><p>Crown courts</p></td><td><p>Family courts</p></td><td><p>Crown and county courts (combined courts)</p></td><td><p>Magistrates’ and family courts (combined Courts)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The decision to close any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and only when effective access to justice can be maintained. Courts that have closed were either underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.</p><p>Since 2015/16 HMCTS has raised approximately £129m from the sale of surplus buildings to reinvest in the wider reform programme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:30:27 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1167473

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings and trials across the HM Courts and Tribunal Service estate used a video link or similar technology in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	7787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:26:45 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1167511

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on third-party contractors in (a) 2010, (b) 2014, (c) 2018 and (d) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	7684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the below table. The spend provided is for the requested calendar years, not financial years. The spend for 2019 covers January to September.</p><p><br> The question has been interpreted to refer to the Ministry of Justice’s spend with suppliers we have contracted goods or services for the requester period.</p><p> </p><p>Private providers play an important role in the Ministry of Justice. We continue to closely monitor the performance of all providers and we will not hesitate to take action where standards fall short.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Spend for Year</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,679,422,903.60</p></td><td><p>£3,113,267,154.29</p></td><td><p>£3,994,928,310.79</p></td><td><p>£2,972,954,526.18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> Spend figures do not include MoJ Spend with the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) for council and solicitor spend as these are not considered contracted services.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 04/11/2019 17:32:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi