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registered interest
date	04/07/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans further court closures in Greater London in the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	41673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Her Majesty's Courts &amp; Tribuanls Service keeps its operational estate under review to make sure that it aligns with the delivery of reformed court and tribunal services.</p><p> </p><p>Any new proposals to close courts will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/07/2016 16:38:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

522689

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Tribunals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of claims of equal pay to employment tribunals in 2015 were successful for (a) men and (b) women.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	39023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>There is no significant difference in the success rate of equal pay claims submitted by men and women in 2015. The numbers and the percentage of claims which were successful in 2015 are set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of successful claims</p></td><td><p>Percentage successful claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>1523</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>9111</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the number of equal pay claims is published in the Tribunals and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528235/main-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528235/main-tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of equal pay claims made against the type of respondents are not collated centrally by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. This information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost by manually checking hard copy files or judgments.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 39241 question first answered 13/06/2016 12:13:24 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

522693

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Equal Pay: Tribunals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many equal pay claims accepted by employment tribunals in 2015 had been made against (a) government departments, (b) non-departmental public bodies and (c) local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	39241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>There is no significant difference in the success rate of equal pay claims submitted by men and women in 2015. The numbers and the percentage of claims which were successful in 2015 are set out in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of successful claims</p></td><td><p>Percentage successful claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Men</p></td><td><p>1523</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>9111</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information on the number of equal pay claims is published in the Tribunals and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528235/main-tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528235/main-tables.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Data on the number of equal pay claims made against the type of respondents are not collated centrally by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service. This information could only be provided at a disproportionate cost by manually checking hard copy files or judgments.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 39023 question first answered 13/06/2016 12:13:24 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517864

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judiciary: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average salary of (a) a district judge and (b) a magistrate was in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The level of pay for the judiciary is based on the recommendation of the independent Senior Salaries Review Body. Magistrates are volunteers and do not receive a salary.</p><p> </p><p>The judicial salaries and fee schedules can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/judicial-salaries-and-fees-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/judicial-salaries-and-fees-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/05/2016 10:54:23 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517867

registered interest
date	05/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what options are available to a magistrates' court when an unrepresented serving prisoner refuses to leave their prison cell to face new either-way offence charges.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>Where a magistrates’ court is dealing with a new offence which is triable either-way, and the defendant is an unrepresented serving prisoner who does not attend either in person or through a live link, the court will need to adjourn the case. This will enable either the defendant to attend, or the Crown Prosecution Service to consider alternative procedural routes.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/05/2016 11:27:31 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517514

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders of each ethnic group were found guilty of each category of offence in (a) magistrates' courts and (b) Crown courts in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The number and percentage of offenders found guilty at the Crown Court, by offence group and ethnicity, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), can be viewed in table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number and percentage of offenders who pleaded guilty at the Crown Court, by offence group and ethnicity, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), can be viewed in table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Plea data at magistrates’ courts are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. It is not possible to present a representative picture of ethnicity at the magistrates’ courts as data on ethnicity is not collected at the magistrates’ courts for all offences.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 36569 question first answered 11/05/2016 09:36:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 36569 & 36560 table.xls title Numbers of offenders found guilty 2014
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517516

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders from each ethnic group pleaded guilty for each category of offence in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The number and percentage of offenders found guilty at the Crown Court, by offence group and ethnicity, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), can be viewed in table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The number and percentage of offenders who pleaded guilty at the Crown Court, by offence group and ethnicity, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), can be viewed in table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Plea data at magistrates’ courts are not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. It is not possible to present a representative picture of ethnicity at the magistrates’ courts as data on ethnicity is not collected at the magistrates’ courts for all offences.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 36560 question first answered 11/05/2016 09:36:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 36569 & 36560 table.xls title Numbers of offenders found guilty 2014
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517524

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders were found guilty in (i) magistrates' courts and (ii) Crown courts for each category of offence in the latest year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at magistrates’ courts and in the Crown Courts, by offence category and sex, in England and Wales, in 2014 (the latest available), is available on the Ministry of Justice website at the below link, from which the percentage of male and female offender can be calculated.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2014</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/05/2016 10:41:53 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517529

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing: Ethnic Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of non-UK nationals of which ethnic groups dealt with in courts were sent to prison for each offence in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>The number and proportion of non-UK nationals, their ethnic groups and offences are detailed on the attached table and covers the period of 2015. The government has a longstanding policy to do everything possible to return foreign prisoners to their home country at the earliest opportunity. Offender management statistics, including FNOs, can be found at this link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/05/2016 09:27:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 36554 - Table.xls title Immediate Custodial Sentenced Admissions 2015
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

517530

registered interest
date	04/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time is from first appearance to trial in magistrates' courts.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	36548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, of defendants whose cases were completed in the magistrates’ courts, 14% went on to have a trial after first listing. Of those cases, the mean duration from date of first listing to date of trial was 67 days and the median duration was 61 days.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/05/2016 16:03:28 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies