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758270

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been brought before employment tribunals in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	9290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>In line with the Employment Tribunals data retention policy cases from the live databases are archived 12 months after they are concluded and as such personalised data (constituency) is no longer available. In view of this we can only give numbers for claims accepted from October 2016 to March 2017 in line with the published stats.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of accepted claims against businesses in each of these areas from October 2016 to March 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Singles</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiples</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jarrow Consituency<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>South Tyneside<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1 </sup>Jarrow Constituency taken as accepted claims submitted within the postcode area NE31 &amp; NE32.</p><p><sup>2</sup> South Tyneside taken as accepted claims submitted within the postcode area NE31, NE34, NE10, NE33, NE32, NE36, NE37 &amp; SR6</p><p>Employment Tribunal claims are distributed according to the respondent’s address.</p><p><em>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 is the best data that is available.</em></p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published stats as this data was run on a different date.</p><p> </p><p>The data for the North East and UK receipts can be obtained from the published statics using the link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017-and-2016-to-2017.</p><p> </p><p>Due to changes in the type of data published, the regional information was not published previously, as a result data covering 2010 and 2011 have not been provided.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/09/2017 11:29:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

758271

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Children: Secure Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders for children to be held securely have been made in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	9267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>There are two groups of children who may be held securely, in two jurisdictions. <br>In the family court, a care and supervision order may be made, data in table 4 at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017</p><p>In the youth justice estate, the relevant figures are “Total immediate custody” from Table 5.3 of the annual statistics 2015 to 2016: supplementary tables and the “Total custodial remands” from Table 6.1 of the same supplementary tables at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-justice-statistics-2015-to-2016</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:25:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

758272

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of reimbursing people who have paid employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Fees in Employment Tribunals raised around £32m after their introduction in 2013. We are now putting in place arrangements to refund those who have paid the fees, which we will be announcing shortly.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:48:30 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758275

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Perjury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases brought before the family courts have been found to be based on false allegations in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	9051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:23:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

758278

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have chosen to represent themselves in Crown Court since the implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	9217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Maintaining access to justice remains absolutely vital and continues to be at the heart of our reforms. Our legal aid reforms are reducing costs to taxpayers whilst still providing legal help to those who need it most.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the number of defendants with no advocate or unknown representation can be found in table AC11 of the annual Criminal Courts Statistics Quarterly publication (main tables) at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/09/2017 16:44:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

758279

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) foreign and (b) British national defendants of each (i) sex and (ii) ethnic group were sentenced to immediate custody for each offence type in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Reliable information on the proportion of foreign and British national defendants of each sex and ethnic group who were refused bail or sentenced to immediate custody could only be provided at disproportionate cost because court proceedings data does not include information on nationality.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 9136 question first answered 14/09/2017 15:20:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758280

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date the Government plans to publish its review into legal aid reform.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	9112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>I am currently considering the planned post-implementation review of recent legal aid reforms. I will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:22:11 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

758281

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list (a) the organisations and (b) people who have given evidence to the Government's review into legal aid reform; and if he will publish that evidence.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	9113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>I am currently considering the planned post-implementation review of recent legal aid reforms. I will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:23:03 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

758282

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what power a court has to require a person to hand over a device if that device has been seen to have been used or is thought to have been used to take a photograph or recording in court.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Court Act of 2003 Part 4 (54) provides the court security officer acting in the execution of his duty with the power to ask a person to surrender an article that may be evidence or in relation to an offence. It is an offence to take a photograph or recording in court and therefore the person will be asked to surrender the device by the court security officer. If this takes place within a court/hearing room this will be upon the direction of the judge.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:26:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

758283

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Recordings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what power a court has to search a person for a device if that device has been seen to have been used or is thought to have been used to take a photograph or recording in court.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	9134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Court Act of 2003, Part 4 (52) provides the court security officer acting in the execution of his duty with the powers to search any person who is in a court building, and any article in their possession. If a person is thought to have used a device to take a photograph or recording in court, and they refuse to surrender that device, the court security officer may search that person. If this takes place within a court/hearing room this will be upon the direction of the judge.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/09/2017 15:30:38 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies