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453788

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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, how many people have been convicted of offences under sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 related to abortions in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	27599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 (only applies in England and Wales) makes it an offence to intentionally procure a miscarriage, including for a woman to procure her own miscarriage.</p><p> </p><p>The Abortion Act 1967 creates exceptions to the offences of procuring a miscarriage. The Act makes an abortion legal where the pregnancy is terminated by a registered medical practitioner and where two registered medical practitioners agree that the grounds specified in the Act are satisfied.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts for offences relating to sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Persons Act 1861, in England &amp; Wales, from 2009 to 2014 (the latest data available) can be viewed in the attached table.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 29/02/2016 12:12:16 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning attachment 1 file name 27599 table.xls title Offenders found guilty from 2009-14
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

453792

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Judicial Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many consent orders have been signed by courts for the settlement of judicial review cases for asylum and immigration applications in each year since 2009-10; how many such cases were decided in favour of the appellant upon reconsideration; how many found in contempt of court for the breaching such consent orders; and on how many occasions the courts has refuse to sign a consent order.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	27632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be collated at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/03/2016 15:12:35 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

453815

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) conducted on the potential effect of a UK withdrawal from the EU on (a) relationships between his Department and its counterparts in other EU member states and (b) the effectiveness of pan-European justice mechanisms; and what assessment his Department has made of the results of that research.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	27728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>On 19 February, the Prime Minister set out the Government position on remaining in the European Union.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 01/03/2016 15:27:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

453861

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
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 people appealing their ineligibility for the enhanced rate of mobility under personal independent payment have been successful in their appeals.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	27711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal – Social Security and Child Support administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits including Personal Independence Payment.</p><p> </p><p>The information about the number and success rates of SSCS appeals by benefit type, including PIP, is published in the Tribunal and Gender Recognition Certificate Statistics Quarterly at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>The specific information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/03/2016 15:12:17 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

453862

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
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, how many people recovering from cancer have appealed (a) an employment and support allowance award and (b) a disability living allowance or personal independence payment award decision in the last five years; and how many such appeals were successful.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Corri Wilson
uin	27709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 29/02/2016 12:05:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4448 label Biography information for Corri Wilson

453101

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cemeteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions his Department has had with burial authorities and other stakeholders on the reuse of graves.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	27219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The issue of burial space is regularly discussed at meetings of the Burial and Cremation Advisory Group, which is chaired by this department and comprises key stakeholders and representatives within government and the wider burial sector. In addition, the department regularly engages on the issue with individual stakeholders, as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/02/2016 10:16:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

453340

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Care Proceedings: Eastern Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will estimate the number of care proceedings involving children and families from countries in Eastern Europe in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Derby South
tabling member printed	Margaret Beckett
uin	27386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Information is not held centrally by the Ministry of Justice about the nationality (or ethnicity) of the children and families involved in family court proceedings in England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/02/2016 11:19:30 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	328 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Beckett

453341

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the comparative effect of changes to civil service pensions on prison officers who joined that scheme under Classic but have been switched to the Alpha scheme and colleagues with the same length of service who have not been switched.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	27380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Alpha is the new Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, which now applies to the vast majority of Civil Servants (including prison officers). Only those who are close to retirement have been able to remain in previous schemes or to defer entry to the Alpha scheme. This has always been made transparent and is considered fair as this group of staff are likely to have already started to make plans for their retirements which would be unduly impacted by a change in arrangements at this stage. There are therefore no plans to make such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 29/02/2016 10:31:31 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

453343

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that proposed revisions to the sentencing guideline for guilty plea reductions do not lead to a culture of plea bargaining.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	27375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>On 11 February the independent Sentencing Council launched a consultation on a new proposed guideline for reductions in sentence for a guilty plea. This is a consultation, and no decisions have been made. Accepting a plea is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service. All decisions by the prosecution are made in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/02/2016 17:35:17 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

453344

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has conducted of the potential effect of the closure of 86 courts and tribunals in England and Wales on access to justice by people in low-income households.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	27287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Before making any decision to close a court or tribunal, we considered carefully the effect of closures on all court and tribunal users.</p><p> </p><p>The court estate is underused and needs to be updated. Last year, nearly half of our courtrooms were used for less than half of their ordinary sitting time. The Government is committed to modernising the way justice is accessed and delivered, putting users at the heart of the system.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure that access to justice is maintained, we are committed to providing alternative ways for users to access our services, including the use of other civic buildings for video links or hearings.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation response is available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/moj" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/moj</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 29/02/2016 16:34:03 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead