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1504825

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Support Through Court: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to continue providing funding to the charity Support Through Court.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	47550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not directly fund the charity Support Through Court. Since 2014, the MoJ has invested more than £20 million in support for litigants in person in both the civil and family courts, which has mostly been administered on behalf of the department by the Access to Justice Foundation.</p><p>Successful applications for the Help Accessing Legal Support Grant, which the MoJ is funding and will inject £3.2 million into the legal advice sector by March 2023, will be informed by the end of September.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:54:53 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1504953

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the rate of sickness absence was for (a) legal advisers, (b) court associates and (c) court clerks in each month since the Common Platform was introduced in the workplaces of those staff broken down by (i) role and (ii) grade.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	47616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The MoJ does not hold the information in the scope of the question. The data held in the HR database does not fully reflect the specified job titles, and as such the information in respect of sickness absence for the specified roles at Common Platform sites cannot be extracted.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:56:10 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1504954

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Sick Leave
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the average rate of sickness absence was for (a) legal advisers, (b) court associates and (c) court clerks in each of the last 21 months broken down by (i) role and (ii) grade.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	47617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The MoJ does not hold the information in the scope of the question. The data held in the HR database does not fully reflect the job titles specified and as such the sickness absence information in respect of the specified roles cannot be extracted.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:57:07 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1505071

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 July 2022, HCWS 244 on Call for Evidence Response on SLAPPs, when his Department plans to legislate to tackle Strategic Lawsuits Against Public participation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	47551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>In our Call for Evidence response, published on 20 July, the Government set out its intention to tackle Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) to ensure protection for free speech and those speaking out in the public interest.</p><p>The Government is currently exploring opportunities to legislate against SLAPPs.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:55:34 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1505083

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Injunctions: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department made of the adequacy of the level of publishing by civil courts of judgements for breaches of civil injunctions in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	47619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>At present, information pertaining to specific categories of published judgment can be obtained only at a disproportionate cost to Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service. This applies also to the number of published judgments for breaches of a civil injunction. This is because comprehensive data on published judgment type is not currently held centrally and would require a manual effort to compile from individual court files. <br> <br>In April 2022, The National Archives became responsible for the storage and publication of judgments for England and Wales, increasing access to, and preservation of, case law. Over the coming months, the Ministry of Justice will continue to work with The National Archives and the judiciary to consider expanding coverage of what is published and made accessible to the public, including judgments from the lower courts and tribunals.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:58:14 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1505084

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Sir Brian Leveson’s 2015 analysis of efficiency in criminal proceedings in England and Wales, if he will provide an update on the 56 recommendations in that report including which ones (a) are already implemented, (b) are in progress and (c) have been rejected.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	47526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government did not reject any of the recommendations and has implemented all those for which it has responsibility. A significant number were solely for the judiciary to implement. The recommended changes to Criminal Procedure Rules have all been completed.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:52:08 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1505107

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Dispute Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact on efficiency of implementing best practice for effective dispute resolution derived from ombudsman systems, such as the Financial Ombudsman Service, in the organisation and operation of the English and Welsh civil courts.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	47528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>We continue to keep all methods of dispute resolution under review to explore opportunities to increase take up both before and after legal proceedings are started. The Ministry of Justice is working to increase the number of legal issues resolved without the need for a judicial decision. In 2021, we carried out a Call for Evidence which included questions on the quality of outcomes of different dispute resolution processes, and on the cost savings for parties. We are currently consulting on making it compulsory for parties to a small claim (up to £10,000) to attend a free, one-hour mediation session with the Small Claims Mediation Service.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:52:54 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1505109

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the extent of the (a) financial and (b) psychological impact on people who experience difficulties in accessing (i) legal support and (ii) the civil justice system.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	47529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2022 answer text <p>We understand the importance of access to justice and that unmet legal needs can increase financial and psychological pressures for people. We are also interested in improving our understanding of the state of legal need further, and we will be running a Legal Problem and Resolution Survey beginning this financial year. This nationally representative survey of 10,000 adults living in households in England and Wales will gather data on the prevalence of legal need, people’s willingness to engage with the courts and tribunals and factors that encourage or deter people from doing so.</p><p>We are also already committed to helping people to resolve their legal problems as early as possible, which is why the MoJ spends approximately £760 million a year on civil legal aid, and why, since 2014, we have channelled over £20 million in grants through not-for-profit organisations who provide specialist legal advice.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/09/2022 16:53:51 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1503293

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119628 on Religious Freedom and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill on equality under the law for (a) humanists, (b) atheists and (c) other non-religious people.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	44965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 44966 44967 question first answered 13/09/2022 13:37:49 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1503294

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Religious Freedom
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119627 on Religious Freedom and to his Department's consultation entitled Human Rights Act Reform: A Modern Bill of Rights, published on 14 December 2021, whether the Bill of Rights Bill will help to ensure that references to religion in (a) legislation and (b) guidance will be interpreted as religion or belief, in the context of clauses 3(2) and 3(3)(a) of the Bill of Rights Bill.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	44966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2022 answer text <p>As is the case whenever a new government is formed, we are now looking again at the Bill of Rights to ensure that it meets the government’s objectives.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines grouped question UIN 44965 44967 question first answered 13/09/2022 13:37:49 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day