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1135180

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Working Links: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will place in the Library a copy of the contract for the Transforming Rehabilitation scheme agreed with Working Links in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	270316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>Details for the contract Transforming Rehabilitation contracts with Working Links in Wales are published on Contracts Finder;</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/933013f7-cfc2-4880-8e84-0bdb84d7e94f?p=@FQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=U" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/933013f7-cfc2-4880-8e84-0bdb84d7e94f?p=@FQxUlRRPT0=NjJNT08=U</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 02/07/2019 14:45:48 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1135218

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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, if he will sign his Department up to the UK Steel charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	270358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice will sign the Charter. The MoJ supports the Charter where this is relevant to our commercial activities and only where consistent with the relevant procurement regulations that require fair and open competition.</p><p> </p><p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wrote to Secretary of State for Justice on 29 May to ask my Department to sign the Steel Charter.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 270362 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:32:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135222

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
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, whether his Department has had discussions with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the UK Steel charter.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	270362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice will sign the Charter. The MoJ supports the Charter where this is relevant to our commercial activities and only where consistent with the relevant procurement regulations that require fair and open competition.</p><p> </p><p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, wrote to Secretary of State for Justice on 29 May to ask my Department to sign the Steel Charter.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 270358 question first answered 04/07/2019 15:32:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1135252

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Injunctions: Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of civil injunctions sought by and granted to shale gas companies on the rights of communities to protest shale gas developments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>MoJ publishes data on the overall number of injunctions applied for and granted but this does not include detail of whether the injunctions were sought by or granted to private companies, or whether the injunctions relate to or place restrictions on protest activity. This information is not readily available and would require each court file to be checked for the required information which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effect of civil injunctions sought by and granted to shale gas companies on the rights of communities to protest shale gas developments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for ‘Breach of the conditions of an injunction against harassment’:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>. However, it is not possible to identify any restrictions placed on protest activities, as this information is not held in the court proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270329 270330 270331 270332 270333 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:27:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1135253

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Injunctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on civil injunctions which place restrictions on protest activities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>MoJ publishes data on the overall number of injunctions applied for and granted but this does not include detail of whether the injunctions were sought by or granted to private companies, or whether the injunctions relate to or place restrictions on protest activity. This information is not readily available and would require each court file to be checked for the required information which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effect of civil injunctions sought by and granted to shale gas companies on the rights of communities to protest shale gas developments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for ‘Breach of the conditions of an injunction against harassment’:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>. However, it is not possible to identify any restrictions placed on protest activities, as this information is not held in the court proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270328 270330 270331 270332 270333 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:27:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1135254

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Injunctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many custodial sentences have been issued for breaches of civil injunctions in the last ten years, and how many of those sentences placed restrictions on protest activities.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>MoJ publishes data on the overall number of injunctions applied for and granted but this does not include detail of whether the injunctions were sought by or granted to private companies, or whether the injunctions relate to or place restrictions on protest activity. This information is not readily available and would require each court file to be checked for the required information which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effect of civil injunctions sought by and granted to shale gas companies on the rights of communities to protest shale gas developments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for ‘Breach of the conditions of an injunction against harassment’:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>. However, it is not possible to identify any restrictions placed on protest activities, as this information is not held in the court proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270328 270329 270331 270332 270333 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:27:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1135255

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Injunctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil injunctions placing restrictions on protest activities were (a) sought by and (b) granted to private companies in (i) 2016-2018, (ii) 2013-2015, (iii) 2010-2012 and (iv) 2007-2009.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>MoJ publishes data on the overall number of injunctions applied for and granted but this does not include detail of whether the injunctions were sought by or granted to private companies, or whether the injunctions relate to or place restrictions on protest activity. This information is not readily available and would require each court file to be checked for the required information which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effect of civil injunctions sought by and granted to shale gas companies on the rights of communities to protest shale gas developments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for ‘Breach of the conditions of an injunction against harassment’:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>. However, it is not possible to identify any restrictions placed on protest activities, as this information is not held in the court proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270328 270329 270330 270332 270333 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:27:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1135256

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Injunctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil injunctions against persons unknown were (a) sought by and (b) granted to private companies in (i) 2016-2018, (ii) 2013-2015, (iii) 2010-2012 and (iv) 2007-2009.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>MoJ publishes data on the overall number of injunctions applied for and granted but this does not include detail of whether the injunctions were sought by or granted to private companies, or whether the injunctions relate to or place restrictions on protest activity. This information is not readily available and would require each court file to be checked for the required information which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effect of civil injunctions sought by and granted to shale gas companies on the rights of communities to protest shale gas developments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for ‘Breach of the conditions of an injunction against harassment’:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>. However, it is not possible to identify any restrictions placed on protest activities, as this information is not held in the court proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270328 270329 270330 270331 270333 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:27:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1135259

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Injunctions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department collects on civil injunctions which place restrictions on protest activities.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	270333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>MoJ publishes data on the overall number of injunctions applied for and granted but this does not include detail of whether the injunctions were sought by or granted to private companies, or whether the injunctions relate to or place restrictions on protest activity. This information is not readily available and would require each court file to be checked for the required information which would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>No assessment has been made of the effect of civil injunctions sought by and granted to shale gas companies on the rights of communities to protest shale gas developments.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the number of defendants sentenced to immediate custody for ‘Breach of the conditions of an injunction against harassment’:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>. However, it is not possible to identify any restrictions placed on protest activities, as this information is not held in the court proceedings database.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270328 270329 270330 270331 270332 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:27:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1135289

registered interest
date	27/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of re-allocating the funding for legal aid for immigration cases to domestic family law mediation cases.
tabling member constituency	Yeovil
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
uin	270422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Mediation for family law cases is already available under Part I of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).</p><p> </p><p>The department recently conducted an extensive review of LASPO and has announced several changes as part of the Legal Support Action Plan. These included expanding the scope of legal aid in family law to cover representation for special guardianship orders and placement orders.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held on successful cases, but the Legal Aid Agency does hold data on cases that have started (and are funded by legal aid). These statistics are included below for both family law mediation and immigration cases for the last three years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving family law mediation </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Family Mediation <br> starts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>7,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>6,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>6,515</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="23"><p>Note: ‘Proportion started’ data is not held for family mediation matters, as the application process and decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question (the provider).</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving Immigration </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grants</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Proportion granted</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>29,111</p></td><td><p>1,904</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,404</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>74%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>26,609</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,203</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>75%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>28,821</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,155</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>75%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="20"><p><em>Legal help</em> is assistance short of representation. Note: ‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the application process and decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question (the provider).</p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270423 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:22:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh