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1689185

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases the Tribunals Service has completed in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	14068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2024 answer text <p>Information about the number of Tribunal cases administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service that were disposed in each of the last five years is published in Tribunal Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023#:~:text=In%20July%20to%20September%202023%2C%20FTTIAC%20receipts%20increased%20by%2010,21%25%20(to%2031%2C000)." target="_blank">Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>HMCTS continues to invest in improving tribunal productivity through the recruitment of additional Judges, deployment of Legal Officers to actively manage cases, the development of modern case management systems and the use of remote hearing technology.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 21/02/2024 17:09:57 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1689186

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total number of claims sitting with the Tribunals Service was on 9 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	14069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Information about the number of open Tribunal cases administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service is published quarterly in Tribunal Statistics. The most recent date for which information is available is 31 October 2023: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/02/2024 16:34:05 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1689188

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of claimants appeared before the Tribunals Service as litigants in person in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	14070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Information about the number and proportion of litigants in person appearing before Tribunals administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service is not centrally collated.</p><p>However, information specific to the Employment Tribunal only has been published up to 2022/23:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64809037b32b9e000ca96378/Employment_and_EAT_2021_22.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/64809037b32b9e000ca96378/Employment_and_EAT_2021_22.ods</a></p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/02/2024 16:36:25 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1689191

registered interest
date	16/02/2024
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases before the Tribunals Service have waited more than (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) one year and (d) two years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	14071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Information about waiting times for Tribunal cases administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service is not centrally collated in the format requested. However, data on clearance times in the largest jurisdictions is published quarterly in Tribunal Statistics: Tribunals statistics quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 26/02/2024 16:53:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1547372

registered interest
date	01/12/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce the number of enquiries seeking information on claimant data to the Courts Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	100962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is considering the proposal that has been made by Registry Trust Ltd to include information about the claimant on entries about judgments on the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines. We are discussing the benefits and risks of this proposal with Registry Trust Ltd to inform an assessment of whether to make reforms in this area.</p><p>We recognise that this proposal could reduce the number of enquiries about claimant data that are received by HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS). We do not, however, hold data to allow us to estimate the number of enquiries that are received by HMCTS asking for information about claimant data.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 100959 100960 100961 question first answered 06/12/2022 12:30:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1399472

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the current average waiting times are for the (a) first hearing date in an employment tribunal claim and (b) publication of the judgment.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	96930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>(a) The most current information on waiting times to first hearing is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>(b) We aim to work within the general correspondence targets and upload judgments to the public register within 10 working days of promulgation.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Period </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>The average time (in days) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>The average time (weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiple Claims <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Multiple Claims <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st April 2020 - 31st March 2021</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Notes relating to the above data</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup> Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights</p><p><sup>2</sup> Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing.</p><p>Data are taken from a live management information system and can change over time. 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 from any previously published information.</p><p>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</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 is the best data that is available.</p><p> </p><p>Published statistics can be found on <strong>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2020</strong> and information on Employment Tribunal outcomes can be found on <strong>www.gov.uk/employment-tribunal-decisions</strong>.</p><p>Published Management Information (used by HMCTS for understanding workload volumes and timeliness at a national level during COVID-19): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/hmcts-weekly-management-information-during-coronavirus-march-2020-to-may-2021" target="_blank"><strong>HMCTS weekly management information during coronavirus - March 2020 to May 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</strong></a></p><p> </p><p>The most recent Employment Tribunal data covers the period up to March 2021. This is because the Employment Tribunal has moved to a new case management system and HMCTS is currently working to incorporate the new IT system alongside longer-established data sources to provide a more complete and consistent data set for this jurisdiction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 12/01/2022 17:35:36 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1385566

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what organisational risk assessments HM Courts and Tribunal Service has made of the Common Platform.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	87686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>The health, safety and wellbeing of all HMCTS colleagues is taken extremely seriously. For our Common Platform programme, we have assessed risk throughout, and continue to keep it under review. At an organisational level, that assessment has been documented through a Change Impact Assessment, Public Sector Equality Analysis and a Workforce Equality Analysis, which remain under regular review. At a local/site level, risk assessments for particular areas of risk are documented using standard organisational templates where required. This meets the obligations we hold, and satisfies us that risks are suitably and sufficiently managed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/12/2021 17:39:59 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1385567

registered interest
date	06/12/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what equality impact assessments HM Courts and Tribunal Service has made of the Common Platform case management system.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	87687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2021 answer text <p>HMCTS have undertaken a Workforce Equality Analysis and the Public Sector Equality Analysis for the Common Platform case management system. These were undertaken in 2020 and are currently being reviewed.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/12/2021 17:40:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1384313

registered interest
date	02/12/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data the HM Courts and Tribunals Service holds on (a) which court buildings have the highest number of urgent repairs outstanding, (b) what those repairs are and (c) how long the work on those repairs will take to complete.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	86096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>The HMCTS estate consists of more than 350 buildings, many of which are large and historic. It is not unusual for an estate of this size and nature to require regular repair and maintenance. Repair requests are logged with our Facilities Management provider – Equans, and typically more than 2,000 urgent repairs are being completed across the estate each month with an average completion time of 7 days.</p><p> </p><p>Last year this Government provided £105m in additional capital funding for building improvements, taking total capital spend on the court estate to over £150m. This year HMCTS are budgeting to spend £105m on capital maintenance and estate projects, to enhance the resilience of our estate and maintain capacity to help our courts recover.</p><p> </p><p>Below is a list of court buildings that currently have the highest number of urgent repair requests to be completed, although this can change regularly.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Southwark Crown Court</li><li>Snaresbrook Crown Court</li><li>Inner London Crown Court</li><li>Croydon Magistrates’ Court</li><li>Royal Courts of Justice – Main Building</li><li>Isleworth Crown Court</li><li>Nottingham Magistrates’ Court</li><li>Manchester Crown Court (Crown Square)</li><li>Manchester Civil Justice Centre</li><li>Liverpool QE2 Crown Court</li></ol><p>The three most common type of repair works across our estate are lighting faults, cooling and heating.</p><p><br> The average completion time for urgent repair works is one week.</p><p><br> The HMCTS estate is kept under regular review; spending is prioritised to ensure that buildings are safe, secure, meet statutory requirements and protect continuity of service.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/12/2021 17:21:07 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1384314

registered interest
date	02/12/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the HM Courts and Tribunals Service’s response to the consultation paper entitled Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate, what effect the implementation of building champions has had on reducing the time taken to complete small repair works; and if the HM Courts and Tribunals Service will publish monthly or quarterly reports on repairs undertaken.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	86097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2021 answer text <p>Building Champions play an important role in how our court and tribunal buildings are maintained. Acting as a central contact for staff and the judiciary at every HMCTS site, they monitor the condition of their building, and initiate repair works with our Facilities Management provider, alongside their day to day roles.</p><p> </p><p>Working with staff and judiciary they ensure potential impacts on court users are minimised. They also ensure that maintenance tasks are given an appropriate level of priority. Since building champions have been established, they have significantly improved the way that repair works are identified, prioritised and delivered.</p><p><br> Repair requests are logged with our Facilities Management provider – Equans, and typically more than 2,000 urgent repairs are being completed across the estate each month with an average completion time of 7 days. There are no plans to publish this information regularly.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 07/12/2021 17:23:44 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham