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524051

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average cost was of a tribunal hearing for a benefits claimant who had been sanctioned for not complying with work search requirements in the last 12 months; how many such tribunals there were in each of the past five years; and what the total cost was of those tribunals in each of the past five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	39944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text The information requested is not held centrally. answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/06/2016 12:17:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

522676

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	Criminal Records: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, by what procedure over what period findings of Not Guilty are entered into the Criminal Record database.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	39142
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is responsible for ensuring that case outcome and sentence information, including whether the defendant was found guilty or not guilty, is sent to the police for inclusion on the Police National Computer (PNC). The average time taken to send cases to the police in financial year 2015/16 was 1.3 days.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/06/2016 16:37:22 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

522677

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	Court Service: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he plans to take to ensure that the needs of (a) the old, (b) the very young, (c) people with difficulties with IT literacy, (d) people with difficulties with literacy and (c) other vulnerable groups are provided for in digital courts.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	39165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The response to the recent consultation on the provision of courts and tribunals set out that taking into account the needs of users, including those who are vulnerable, is a key principle in the development of our reforms. The consultation response is published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499518/national-consultation-document.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499518/national-consultation-document.pdf</a>,</p><p>We are committed to maintaining - and indeed improving - access to justice as we move towards digital channels in the courts and tribunals service. This means making sure that all users are supported to access our digital services - we call this ‘assisted digital’ support.</p><p> </p><p>The assisted digital arrangements we will put in place will be tailored to the needs of users and the service with which they are interacting.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/06/2016 12:31:15 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

522678

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	Courts: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how his Department plans to fund the investment in ICT required to modernise and digitalise the court service.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	39164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Spending Review, announced in November 2015, agreed an investment of over £700m in HM Courts and Tribunal Service reform programme, to modernise and digitalise the courts and tribunals service. The Spending Review is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015-documents/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015-documents/spending-review-and-autumn-statement-2015</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/06/2016 12:26:12 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

522685

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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2016 to Question 37128, what the average cost is of a First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) appeal hearing.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	39104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The estimated average cost of an individual Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) tribunal case in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber) in 2014/15 (the latest period for which figures are available) was £468. The number of cases heard in that period can be found in the Tribunal and Gender Recognition Statistics Quarterly, the most recent of which is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/506218/tribunals-main-tables-oct-dec-2015.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/506218/tribunals-main-tables-oct-dec-2015.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/06/2016 16:58:46 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

522688

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	Human Trafficking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value is of legal aid paid to enable victims of human trafficking to bring claims of compensation against their traffickers since the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	39100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency has continued to make funding available to enable victims of human trafficking to bring claims of compensation against their traffickers since the relevant provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015 came into force on 31 July 2015.</p><p>The latest figures available cover up until 31 December 2015.</p><p>No cases commenced after 31 July 2015 had completed by 31 December 2015, and therefore no information on expenditure is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/06/2016 14:22:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

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

522213

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Tivium: Judgements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) court judgments have been made against Tivium and (b) such judgments have been satisfied in (i) England, (ii) the North West and (iii) Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	38659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>There have been one hundred and fifty eight judgments made in England against County Court respondents with the word Tivium in their name. Forty three of those had judgements issued and entered at the County Court Money Claims Centre in the North West. There were no judgments recorded as being issued and entered in courts in Lancashire. A judgment is not necessarily made near to the claimant’s residential address. Data on how many judgements have been satisfied is not held.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/06/2016 09:45:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

521649

registered interest
date	25/05/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of reform of access to legal aid in cases of domestic violence on children; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	38519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2016 answer text <p>When reforming legal aid the government was careful to protect legal aid for the highest priority cases, including those relating to domestic violence and child abuse.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to undertaking a post-implementation review of the reforms within 3 to 5 years of their implementation.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/06/2016 09:57:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts