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963984

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction in magistrates' training costs from £110 per magistrate in 2008-09 to £36 in 2015 on (a) the consistent application of law in magistrates court trials, (b) defendants, (c) victims and (d) the justice system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	169336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The training of magistrates is subject to the approval and supervision of the judiciary through the Judicial College. The Judicial College identifies the compulsory and essential minimum requirements for annual training plans, as well as any new or additional training needs. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (“HMCTS”) fund this training. It has been possible to reduce the cost of training magistrates, principally by discontinuing the use of external venues and delivering training at court centres. The content and quality of the training has not been compromised.</p><p> </p><p>Magistrates continue to play a vital role in ensuring access to justice, delivering local justice for communities, and upholding the principle of the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 15:53:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

964012

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings
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 12 March 2018 to Question 130945 on civil proceedings, who holds the information referred to in that question.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	169609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally as case information is not recorded by the categories in question.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 12:58:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

964013

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Restraining Orders: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil restraining orders were (a) requested and (b) granted in Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	169610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information on civil restraining orders requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The information requested on civil restraining orders granted for both England and Wales can be found at -<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 169611 question first answered 11/09/2018 12:57:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

964014

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Harassment: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil restraining orders were (a) requested and (b) granted in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	169611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information on civil restraining orders requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The information requested on civil restraining orders granted for both England and Wales can be found at -<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 169610 question first answered 11/09/2018 12:57:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

964065

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland
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 24 July 2018 to Question 166155, to which budget headlines will the £825,000 of income for reinvestment in the Sunderland Magistrates’ court be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	169321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The implementation planning underway will determine what the £825,000 of income for investment in the Sunderland Magistrates’ Court will be spent on. The appropriate budget allocation for these funds will be determined at the conclusion of this planning.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/09/2018 15:34:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

964067

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the HM Courts and Tribunals Service employ security personnel to assist with the processing of tribunal cases.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	169517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Security personnel are not employed to assist with the administrative processing of tribunal cases; this is undertaken by dedicated administrative staff.</p><p> </p><p>Contracted security personnel are, however, deployed to ensure the security and safety of all persons who work in and attend tribunal premises, and undertake specific duties including searching the public on entry and responding to security incidents. They are not involved in any administrative process outside of those duties.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 13:09:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

964068

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department plans to spend on upgrading Sunderland Magistrates Court.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	169322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>HMCTS is committed to investing in the court estate in the city of Sunderland and will spend over £5m during the next ten years on upgrading and maintaining the current magistrates’ court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/09/2018 15:31:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

964079

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Older Workers
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 ability of frontline prison staff to work in an operational role when they are over the age of 60.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	169900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>HMPPS takes very seriously the health and safety of all staff working within prisons.</p><p>The Normal Pension Age (NPA) under the Civil Service pension scheme is linked to the individual member’s State Pension Age (SPA) and ranges from 65 to 68, based on their date of birth.</p><p>There are many factors which determine a person’s ability to pass a fitness test which could not be determined by their age alone.</p><p>Since 2007, when the NPA changed for new entrants to 65 under a Career Average Pension, HMPPS has been recruiting new Prison Officers in England and Wales in their sixties who have passed the fitness test and are performing their roles effectively. In addition, many staff who have the right to retire at 60 choose to work beyond their retirement age.</p><p>To become a Prison Officer you must pass a Recruitment Assessment Day (RAD) which consists of literacy and numeracy tests, situational judgment tests and physical and medical tests. These determine your suitability for the role and do not take into account a candidate’s age or gender. There are 4 elements of the fitness test including: grip, agility, bleep and holding a shield. All of these elements need to be passed for the candidate to pass the fitness part of the RAD.</p><p>All Prison Officers who joined the service after April 2001 must pass an annual fitness test in order to remain a prison officer. Staff who do not meet the annual fitness test standard will be provided with advice and support by a fitness assessor on achieving and maintaining the required fitness level.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 169901 question first answered 06/09/2018 16:14:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

964080

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Older Workers
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 ability of people over the age of 55 to pass the fitness test required to be a frontline member of the prison service.
tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
uin	169901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>HMPPS takes very seriously the health and safety of all staff working within prisons.</p><p>The Normal Pension Age (NPA) under the Civil Service pension scheme is linked to the individual member’s State Pension Age (SPA) and ranges from 65 to 68, based on their date of birth.</p><p>There are many factors which determine a person’s ability to pass a fitness test which could not be determined by their age alone.</p><p>Since 2007, when the NPA changed for new entrants to 65 under a Career Average Pension, HMPPS has been recruiting new Prison Officers in England and Wales in their sixties who have passed the fitness test and are performing their roles effectively. In addition, many staff who have the right to retire at 60 choose to work beyond their retirement age.</p><p>To become a Prison Officer you must pass a Recruitment Assessment Day (RAD) which consists of literacy and numeracy tests, situational judgment tests and physical and medical tests. These determine your suitability for the role and do not take into account a candidate’s age or gender. There are 4 elements of the fitness test including: grip, agility, bleep and holding a shield. All of these elements need to be passed for the candidate to pass the fitness part of the RAD.</p><p>All Prison Officers who joined the service after April 2001 must pass an annual fitness test in order to remain a prison officer. Staff who do not meet the annual fitness test standard will be provided with advice and support by a fitness assessor on achieving and maintaining the required fitness level.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 169900 question first answered 06/09/2018 16:14:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

964093

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Buildings
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 3 July 2018 to Question 157090 on Ministry of Justice: Buildings, how many days each Minister of his Department spent in Petty France between 10 March 2018 and 10 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	169225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>Between 10 March and 10 April Dr Phillip Lee MP spent 7 days in the Ministry of Justice; David Gauke MP 12 days; Lucy Frazer MP 12 days and Rory Stewart MP 7 days.</p><p> </p><p>Lord Keen has a dual role as Advocate General for Scotland and MoJ spokesperson in the House of Lords, as such, he spent 3 days in the department on Ministry of Justice business.</p><p> </p><p>All ministers are required to split their departmental time between 102 Petty France and other locations such as the House of Commons / Lords. The information provided is for days spent partially or entirely in 102 Petty France.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 07/09/2018 13:49:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies