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1518938

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Abortion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will carry out a review of the criminal sanctions associated with abortion.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	59072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to review the offences relating to abortion in England and Wales, under the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 or the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/10/2022 14:33:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1519175

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Subject Access Requests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many subject access requests his Department has (a) received and (b) responded to within the statutory limit in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	59204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>In the last five years, the department has:</p><p>a) received 33,932 subject access requests,</p><p>b) responded to 28,052 within the statutory limit.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/10/2022 14:33:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1519200

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: United Arab Emirates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government has an agreement in place with the Government of the United Arab Emirates to allow British nationals sentenced in the United Arab Emirates to serve their sentences in UK prisons.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	59265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The Prisoner Transfer Agreement between the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates was signed on 24 January 2013 and entered into force on 2 February 2014. The agreement provides for the voluntary transfer of a sentenced prisoner and requires the consent of both governments involved, as well as that of the prisoner concerned.</p><p>The full text of the agreement is available online on GOV.UK:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ts-no332015-ukuae-transfer-of-sentenced-persons" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ts-no332015-ukuae-transfer-of-sentenced-persons</a></p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 17/10/2022 10:17:52 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1519544

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on external management consultants in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	59770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s total spend on external management consultants in the periods 2014/15, 2015/16 and 2016/17 was disclosed in the Department’s annual report and accounts. The relevant spend is set out below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Consultancy Spend £000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>34,363</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>11,261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>15,156</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note that the information provided in the annual report and accounts also includes aspects of professional services spend which cannot be separated out for these periods.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/10/2022 16:57:15 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1519623

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Emergency Services: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) prosecuted (b) found guilty (c) sentenced to prison for offences under the Assaults on Emergency Workers Act 2018 in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022, broken down by gender and ethnicity.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	59996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes these figures on an annual basis on the GOV.UK website in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076465/magistrates-court-tool-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">Magistrates' court data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 17.1 MB)</a> and the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1076467/crown-court-tool-2021.xlsx" target="_blank">Crown Court data tool (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 8.42 MB)</a> as part of the Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: December 2021 publication published in May 2022. However, in the course of ongoing modernisation of our data processing, we have identified an issue resulting in undercounting convictions for the offence in the Crown Court each year. This is highlighted in the ‘known issues’ tab of the above link and, as a result, the Crown Court data tool is missing 501 convictions in 2019, 1,149 in 2020 and 1,570 in 2021.</p><p>Therefore, the total number of defendants prosecuted for assaulting an emergency worker in England Wales in 2021 was 17,043, with 14,992 convictions in the same year.</p><p>The sentencing outcomes, ethnicities, and sex breakdowns for those convicted at Crown Court are affected by this processing issue and we are working to rectify this in time for our year to June data, published in November 2022.</p><p>Figures in the magistrates’ court data tool are not affected by the data processing issue – this includes prosecutions, convictions and sentencing at magistrates’ court as well as those sent for trial or committed for sentence at the Crown Court.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/10/2022 16:29:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1519631

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Office of the Public Guardian: Correspondence
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 when the Office of the Public Guardian will reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of (a) 14 July and (b) 5 September 2022 on behalf of his constituent Jeremy Gwyn-Williams.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	59576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>I can confirm the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) has received the letters from the Hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare. OPG sent a response to the letters, including an apology for the delay, on Wednesday 12 October.</p><p>The current backlog in Lasting Power of Attorney applications has led to an increase in correspondence, including from MPs, which means responses are taking longer than usual. The teams responding to correspondence have been taking steps to improve turnaround times, including working overtime and making processes more efficient.</p><p>I appreciate the impact that delays are having on families and applicants and I am taking a close interest in improving the performance of this organisation.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 18/10/2022 14:34:45 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1519671

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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 proportion of Upper Tribunal appeals made against a decision made by the social security tribunal were funded by legal aid in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	59920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested regarding the proportion of upper tribunal appeals made against a decision by the social security tribunal which were funded by legal aid in each year since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We can answer the second question on Legal aid expenditure for Upper Tribunal appeals against a decision made by the social security tribunal in each year since 2015. This data is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure, £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>46,028.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>57,356.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>481</p></td><td><p>150,102.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>453</p></td><td><p>144,750.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>118,980.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>55,327.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>38,729.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>51,423.31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>General expenditure in the civil category, which would include Upper Tribunal appeal cases in the Social Security category is published as part of LAA official quarterly statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 59921 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:59:10 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1519672

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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 was the total cost to the public purse of legal aid funding for Upper Tribunal appeals against a decision made by the social security tribunal in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	59921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested regarding the proportion of upper tribunal appeals made against a decision by the social security tribunal which were funded by legal aid in each year since 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We can answer the second question on Legal aid expenditure for Upper Tribunal appeals against a decision made by the social security tribunal in each year since 2015. This data is set out in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure, £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>46,028.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>57,356.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>481</p></td><td><p>150,102.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>453</p></td><td><p>144,750.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>337</p></td><td><p>118,980.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>203</p></td><td><p>55,327.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>38,729.96</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>51,423.31</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>General expenditure in the civil category, which would include Upper Tribunal appeal cases in the Social Security category is published as part of LAA official quarterly statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson grouped question UIN 59920 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:59:10 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1519744

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 22 September to Question 49643, if HM Courts & Tribunals Service do not record the number of people with autism who have requested a reasonable adjustment in relation to their autism or otherwise have told the agency that they have autism, what steps he is taking to assess the adequacy of the reasonable adjustments made.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	59725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) considers each reasonable adjustment request it receives on an individual needs basis. The adequacy of each reasonable adjustment will therefore be tailored to these individual needs and are not subject to a standardised assessment.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 18/10/2022 16:58:46 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1519792

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cammell Laird: Strikes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) senior officials in his Department had on the 1984 Cammell Laird shipyard dispute with (i) other Government departments, (ii) the GMB trade union and (iii) other stakeholders between 1997 and 2007; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	59416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Due to the passage of time and in line with retention periods, there are no records of communications between 1997 and 2007 regarding the Cammell Laird Strike of 1984.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 18/10/2022 16:57:48 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas