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1170958
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Criminal Proceedings more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments took place in (a) Crown courts and (b) Magistrates' courts in each month of 2019. more like this
tabling member constituency Bolton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Yasmin Qureshi more like this
uin 3716 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The number of adjourned cases in the magistrates’ and Crown Court fluctuates from month to month and is dependent upon the volume and type of cases received and the plea entered.</p><p><br>The information requested about the number of cases which have been adjourned in (a) Crown courts and Magistrates’ courts in each month of 2019 can be found in the table below</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Cases Adjourned January to September 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crown</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>53,725</p></td><td><p>13,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46,461</p></td><td><p>12,486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>48,943</p></td><td><p>13,402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>48,887</p></td><td><p>13,223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>51,178</p></td><td><p>14,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47,845</p></td><td><p>12,593</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>55,025</p></td><td><p>14,161</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50,499</p></td><td><p>12,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49,827</p></td><td><p>13,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Cases can be adjourned for a number of reasons including when counsel request more time to prepare their case or when more information is required ahead of sentencing.</p><p>Notes:<br>Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time</p><p>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics</p><p>The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information</p><p>Magistrates: The data provided is a count of Criminal Cases Heard, rather than Defendants, where the following Libra Result Code Sets were present: ADJ, ADJAREM, ADJR, ADJSD, ADJYREM, RCB, REMITA, REMITY, RIC, ROC, ROREC, RUB, SUMRTH, SUMRTO</p><p>Therefore, the data supplied includes cases which were Adjourned, Remanded in Custody/On Bail or Remitted for a further hearing as well as cases originally listed under the Single Justice Procedure which were subsequently adjourned for a Summons to be issued for a Court Hearing (SUMRTH &amp; SUMRTO). <br>The data is in line with PQ 4971 &amp; 7111, although the data has been refreshed<br>Crown: A hearing has been counted as adjourned where the data field IS_ADJOURNED has been marked 'Y'. If a case involves more than one defendant and only one has their case adjourned then it has been counted in the above figures. DATA in line with PQ 4971&amp; 7111, although the data has been refreshed. <br>For both the Magistrates' and Crown Court, if a case is adjourned in different months then each adjournment is counted once for each month.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:57:52.277Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:57:52.277Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
3924
label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi more like this
1170959
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading HM Courts and Tribunals Service and Ministry of Justice: Consultants more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on consultancies by (a) HM Courts & Tribunals Service and (b) his Department in each month of 2019. more like this
tabling member constituency Bolton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Yasmin Qureshi more like this
uin 3717 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>Please find below the total spend on consultancy for HMCTS and for MoJ in total for the period January 19 to November 19. Please note the spend is taken from our spend analysis tool and is an accurate figure of what has been invoiced and paid during the period. Invoice and payment data for December 19 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Consultants are engaged to deliver short-term on projects where specialist skills required are not available within the organisation. By making use of consultants, the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>HMCTS Only</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All MoJ (inc HMCTS)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£753,599.80</p></td><td><p>£826,620.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Feb_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£48,755.00</p></td><td><p>£731,940.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Mar_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,292,766.92</p></td><td><p>£2,482,758.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Apr_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,677,992.05</p></td><td><p>£2,079,137.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>May_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,052,152.70</p></td><td><p>£1,551,874.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jun_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£158,923.48</p></td><td><p>£326,955.16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jul_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£979,392.51</p></td><td><p>£1,150,230.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Aug_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£79,558.52</p></td><td><p>£338,141.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Sep_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,214,269.72</p></td><td><p>£1,413,668.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Oct_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,355,668.58</p></td><td><p>£1,883,496.23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Nov_19</strong></p></td><td><p>£144,059.67</p></td><td><p>£1,016,306.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£9,757,138.95</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£13,801,130.13</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:34:25.97Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:34:25.97Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
3924
label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi more like this
1170960
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prosecutions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were cracked in (a) Crown courts and (b) Magistrates' courts in each month of 2019. more like this
tabling member constituency Bolton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Yasmin Qureshi more like this
uin 3718 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The information requested about how many cracked cases there have been in each month in 2019:</p><p> </p><p>Please find attached tables providing:</p><p>- Number of cracked trials at the magistrates’ court and Crown Court in England and Wales in each month in 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Number of cracked trials in criminal courts, by court type and month, 2019<sup>1,2,3,4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates' court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>4,241</p></td><td><p>890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>3,632</p></td><td><p>711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>3,829</p></td><td><p>717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>3,558</p></td><td><p>702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>3,434</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>3,367</p></td><td><p>696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July (p)</p></td><td><p>3,996</p></td><td><p>776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August (p)</p></td><td><p>3,184</p></td><td><p>608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September (p)</p></td><td><p>3,722</p></td><td><p>763</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong> (p) = provisionald.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1) The total number of cracked trials listed during the reporting period indicate</p><p>2) Cracked trial is a trial that does not go ahead on the day as an outcome is reached and so does not need to be re-scheduled. This occurs when an acceptable plea is offered by the defendant or the prosecution offers no evidence against the defendant.</p><p>3) Latest published data available to September 2019.</p><p>Source: Criminal Court Statistics (PQ 3718)</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes annual and quarterly data on cracked trials in England and Wales, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019.</a></p><p> </p><p>In these statistics a cracked trial is defined as: “a trial which does not commence on the scheduled date and the trial is not rescheduled, as it is no longer required. Cracked trials are usually the result of an acceptable guilty plea being entered by the defendant on the day or the case ending as the prosecution decides not to proceed (offers no evidence) against the defendant.”</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately identify if the trial was cracked on the day of trial or at any prior point from the data centrally collated by the Ministry of Justice. As a result, identifying the proportion of trials that were ‘cracked on the first day of the trial’ would require a search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
grouped question UIN 3720 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:41:19.533Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:41:19.533Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
3924
label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi more like this
1170962
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Prosecutions more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases cracked on the day of the trial in (a) Crown courts and (b) Magistrates' courts in each month of 2019. more like this
tabling member constituency Bolton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Yasmin Qureshi more like this
uin 3720 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The information requested about how many cracked cases there have been in each month in 2019:</p><p> </p><p>Please find attached tables providing:</p><p>- Number of cracked trials at the magistrates’ court and Crown Court in England and Wales in each month in 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Table 1: Number of cracked trials in criminal courts, by court type and month, 2019<sup>1,2,3,4</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Magistrates' court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Crown Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>4,241</p></td><td><p>890</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>3,632</p></td><td><p>711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>3,829</p></td><td><p>717</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>3,558</p></td><td><p>702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>3,434</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>3,367</p></td><td><p>696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July (p)</p></td><td><p>3,996</p></td><td><p>776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August (p)</p></td><td><p>3,184</p></td><td><p>608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September (p)</p></td><td><p>3,722</p></td><td><p>763</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong> (p) = provisionald.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1) The total number of cracked trials listed during the reporting period indicate</p><p>2) Cracked trial is a trial that does not go ahead on the day as an outcome is reached and so does not need to be re-scheduled. This occurs when an acceptable plea is offered by the defendant or the prosecution offers no evidence against the defendant.</p><p>3) Latest published data available to September 2019.</p><p>Source: Criminal Court Statistics (PQ 3718)</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes annual and quarterly data on cracked trials in England and Wales, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019.</a></p><p> </p><p>In these statistics a cracked trial is defined as: “a trial which does not commence on the scheduled date and the trial is not rescheduled, as it is no longer required. Cracked trials are usually the result of an acceptable guilty plea being entered by the defendant on the day or the case ending as the prosecution decides not to proceed (offers no evidence) against the defendant.”</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to separately identify if the trial was cracked on the day of trial or at any prior point from the data centrally collated by the Ministry of Justice. As a result, identifying the proportion of trials that were ‘cracked on the first day of the trial’ would require a search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
grouped question UIN 3718 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:41:19.61Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:41:19.61Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
3924
label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi more like this
1170963
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Judges more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days judges sat in total in England in each month of 2019. more like this
tabling member constituency Bolton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Yasmin Qureshi more like this
uin 3721 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The official statistics for judge sitting days (tables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 of the Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2019) were withdrawn on 5 September 2019, due to data discrepancies that were discovered after publication on 6 June 2019 and deemed potentially misleading to users. These discrepancies remain under investigation and, in line with the Code of Practice on Statistics, the Chief Statistician and Head of Profession decided to withdraw these tables until the investigations were complete. The revised figures will be published in due course, and will provide the total sitting days in Family, Civil and Crown courts.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:24:47.073Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:24:47.073Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
3924
label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi more like this
1170964
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Recorders: Working Hours more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many recorder hours were (a) sat in each month of 2019 and (b) are expected to be sat in 2020. more like this
tabling member constituency Bolton South East more like this
tabling member printed
Yasmin Qureshi more like this
uin 3722 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>We hold data in terms of ‘sitting days’ rather than hours.</p><p> </p><p>(a) The official statistics for judge sitting days (tables 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 of the Civil Justice Statistics Quarterly, January to March 2019) were withdrawn on 5 September 2019, due to data discrepancies that were discovered after publication on 6 June 2019 and deemed potentially misleading to users. These discrepancies remain under investigation and, in line with the Code of Practice on Statistics, the Chief Statistician and Head of Profession decided to withdraw these tables until the investigations were complete. The revised figures will be published in due course, and will provide the total sitting days in Family, Civil and Crown courts.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We have not been provided with sitting day allocations for financial year 2020/21, but expect that all Recorders will be offered sufficient days to maintain and build up their skills and experience.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:26:55.873Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:26:55.873Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
3924
label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi more like this
1171000
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Magistrates' Courts: North West more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Magistrates' court hearings have been cancelled in (a) the North West, (b) Liverpool City Region and (c) Wirral in each year from 2010 to date. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle more like this
uin 3673 more like this
answer
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Information about cancelled hearings is not held in this form because there are many types of Magistrates’ Court hearings and reasons why they may not proceed.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS does collect data about effective, cracked, ineffective and vacated trials, it is published here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019</a> and can be found in the ‘Trial effectiveness at the criminal courts tool’.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:56:31.997Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:56:31.997Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1171001
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Appeals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals to the HM Courts & Tribunals Service in (a) Wallasey, (b) Wirral, (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West for (i) personal independent payment, (ii) employment and support allowance, (iii) income support, (iv) jobseeker's allowance and (v) tax credits were successful in the latest period for which figures are available. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle more like this
uin 3674 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer remove filter
answer text <p>Information about the outcomes, and waiting times, for appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes and waiting times for (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Wallasey (b) Wirral (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West for the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below contain the proportion of successful appeals for (iii) Income Support (IS), (iv) Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits (TC) for Wallasey and Wirral, Merseyside and the North West; and the average time taken to administer those appeals in the North West for the same period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey and Wirral</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Merseyside</strong><strong><sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average time (in weeks) taken to administer appeals between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing</p><p><sup>2</sup> TC includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</p><p><sup>3</sup> SSCS appeals for Wallasey and Wirral constituents are heard in the Birkenhead venue but this venue also hears appeals from other constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of five or fewer appeals received</p><p><sup>4</sup> Merseyside includes the SSCS venues Birkenhead, Liverpool and St Helens</p><p><sup>5</sup> North West includes the SSCS venues Barrow, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Carlisle, Chester, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Rochdale, St Helens, Stockport, Wigan, Workington</p><p> </p><p>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 are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
grouped question UIN 3675 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.163Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.163Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1171003
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Appeals more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of waiting times for tribunal hearings for (a) personal independent payment, (b) employment and support allowance, (c) income support, (d) jobseeker's allowance and (e) tax credits in the North West. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
tabling member printed
Ms Angela Eagle more like this
uin 3675 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>Information about the outcomes, and waiting times, for appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) are published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes and waiting times for (i) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (ii) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Wallasey (b) Wirral (c) Merseyside and (d) the North West for the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>The tables below contain the proportion of successful appeals for (iii) Income Support (IS), (iv) Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) and (v) Tax Credits (TC) for Wallasey and Wirral, Merseyside and the North West; and the average time taken to administer those appeals in the North West for the same period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion<sup>1</sup> of appeals decided in favour of the appellant between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wallasey and Wirral</strong><strong><sup>3</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Merseyside</strong><strong><sup>4</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average time (in weeks) taken to administer appeals between July – September 2019 (the latest period for which figures are available)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>IS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>JSA</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TC<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>North West<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> Proportion of decisions in favour, based on the number of appeals found in favour of the appellant as a % of the cases cleared at tribunal hearing</p><p><sup>2</sup> TC includes Working Family Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, and Working Tax Credit.</p><p><sup>3</sup> SSCS appeals for Wallasey and Wirral constituents are heard in the Birkenhead venue but this venue also hears appeals from other constituencies. It is not possible to provide constituency-specific data.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of five or fewer appeals received</p><p><sup>4</sup> Merseyside includes the SSCS venues Birkenhead, Liverpool and St Helens</p><p><sup>5</sup> North West includes the SSCS venues Barrow, Birkenhead, Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnley, Carlisle, Chester, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Rochdale, St Helens, Stockport, Wigan, Workington</p><p> </p><p>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 are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal, only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p>
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
grouped question UIN 3674 more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.197Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:32:07.197Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this
1171004
registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-15more like thismore than 2020-01-15
answering body
Ministry of Justice remove filter
answering dept id 54 more like this
answering dept short name Justice more like this
answering dept sort name Justice more like this
hansard heading Crown Court: North West more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time was for a Crown court case to be heard from offence to completion in (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside and (c) Wirral in each of the last 10 years. more like this
tabling member constituency Wallasey more like this
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Ms Angela Eagle more like this
uin 3676 more like this
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answer text <p>Please find attached tables (annex A) providing:</p><p> </p><p>Mean offence to completion (days) and median offence to completion (days) for Crown Court cases in (a) the North West and (b) Merseyside for the years 2010-2018 (data for 2010 does not include Q1 as this information is not available)</p><p> </p><p>Please note: Merseyside includes only Liverpool Crown Court. As such, no further breakdown for part (c) Wirral is available.</p><p> </p><p>Offence to completion covers the period of time between a criminal offence being committed, through victim reporting, police investigation, entry into the Magistrates' Courts, sending to, and then completion at Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of time between offence to completion for Crown Court Cases is spent prior to entering the court system (between offence committed and first listing at the Magistrates Court) and this can be impacted by the reporting of historical offences and an increasingly complex caseload.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Croydon South more like this
answering member printed Chris Philp more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-01-20T16:59:22.177Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-20T16:59:22.177Z
answering member
4503
label Biography information for Chris Philp more like this
attachment
1
file name Copy of PQ 3676.xlsx more like this
title Annex A more like this
tabling member
491
label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle more like this