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1171867

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Disability and Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that facilities in prisons in (a) Wales and (b) England are accessible to (i) elderly people, (ii) elderly disabled people and (iii) disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	5485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>We recognise that prisoner mobility is a challenge and all prisons have individual needs based on its circumstances and population. Governors are required to identify improvements that may be needed in their sites to enable improved access to facilities for elderly or disabled prisoners. Where building work is required as part of this work, it is carried out through facilities maintenance contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, every prison in England and Wales must adhere to the Equality Act 2010, including the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled persons. Support is also provided for all prisoners with a disability in accordance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2018, the ‘Model for Operational Delivery for Older Prisoners’ was published to support the development of all policies, approaches and plans focussed on older people in prisons. This is currently being reviewed by Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/01/2020 11:58:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1172038

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Iron and Steel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of steel procured by his Department was produced in the UK, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	5368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to supporting the UK steel industry.</p><p>MoJ collates information about steel spend for projects with the largest steel requirements, including origin where known. This information is published annually on gov.uk at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/steel-public-procurement</p><p>The data was first published in January 2019, with the next iteration due to be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/01/2020 17:22:18 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1172093

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Czechia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with his Czech Republic counterpart on the criminal justice system in that country.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	5318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Whilst the Lord Chancellor and UK Justice Ministers regularly meet counterparts from around the world, there has been no recent bilateral meeting or discussion with the Czech Republic Justice Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/01/2020 17:08:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

1171591

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown court sitting days there were in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	4764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The table below is comprised of unpublished management information sourced from internal reports belonging to Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunal Service (HMCTS) and provides the number of <em>Crown Court sitting days</em> there were in each of the last available 10 financial years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCTS “Crown Court sitting days”</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p>108,536</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p>109,263</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p>106,739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p>103,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p>101,724</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p>106,583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>109,321</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>107,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>102,818</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p>97,293</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Sitting days are based on the number of cases we expect the court to hear and, with fewer cases making it to the Crown Court, were reduced to allow judges to carry out work in the civil and family courts, where demand is higher. This approach has enabled us to reduce the number of outstanding Crown Court cases by almost 40% since 2014.</p><p>We keep sitting days under constant review and in November allocated an extra 700 days to the Crown Court for this financial year, in response to an increase in cases coming to court.</p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><ul><li>The above data covers the number of days in which a Crown Court room was sat by any number of judges.</li><li>In some circumstances, judges will ‘share’ a courtroom to conduct judicial business; in most instances this will involve a returning judge for sentencing purposes only. These figures may therefore differ from the number of <em>judicial sitting days</em> at Crown Court as published in MoJ official statistics (which can, for example, also include days sat in chambers).</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/01/2020 15:16:11 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1171307

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Sentences: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custodial sentences were handed down at (a) York Magistrates' court and (b) York Crown court in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of custodial sentences imposed at a) York Magistrates’ court and b) York Crown Court from 2010 – 2018 can be found in the accompanying table.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/01/2020 15:27:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name PQ4411 Response Table.xlsx title Table
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171308

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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, how much has been spent on (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) cash and (ii) real terms in (A) England and (B) York in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of people with cases before (a) civil and (b) criminal courts received legal aid in (i) England and (ii) York in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	4412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on national cash and real term expenditure is published as part of the Legal Aid Agency’s statistical releases, the most recent of which is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019</a>. It is not possible to produce information in these terms for the areas of England and York only. Information on the value of claims paid each year to providers in these areas (on a ‘closed case’ basis) may however be viewed via the above link.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the proportion of people and cases receiving legal aid could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/01/2020 16:25:40 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1171353

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
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 11 April 2019 to Question 240976 on the Justice and Security Act 2013, whether he has appointed a reviewer to undertake the review of the operation of Sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	4313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Further to the answer provided by Minister of State Lucy Frazer MP QC to the Honourable Member’s questions in April of last year on the Justice and Security Act 2013, I can advise discussions are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 4314 4315 question first answered 23/01/2020 15:21:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1171354

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
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 11 April 2019 to Question 240976 on the Justice and Security Act 2013, when he plans to announce the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	4314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Further to the answer provided by Minister of State Lucy Frazer MP QC to the Honourable Member’s questions in April of last year on the Justice and Security Act 2013, I can advise discussions are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 4313 4315 question first answered 23/01/2020 15:21:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1171355

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
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 11 April 2019 to Question 240976 on the Justice and Security Act 2013, how he plans to determine the terms of reference for the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; and whether he will consult civil society and the legal profession on the nature and scope of that review.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	4315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Further to the answer provided by Minister of State Lucy Frazer MP QC to the Honourable Member’s questions in April of last year on the Justice and Security Act 2013, I can advise discussions are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 4313 4314 question first answered 23/01/2020 15:21:13 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1171379

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has a single individual who is responsible for leading on his Department's application of the Family Test.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	4387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Each department has a Family Test lead who is part of our Family Test Network. This Network is the central forum through which we have sought input and comments on the support departments need to help with Family Test implementation.</p><p> </p><p>This includes Network members feeding into improvements to the existing guidance for officials in all departments on Family Test implementation.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/01/2020 15:22:02 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double