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868468

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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, what assessment he has made of the satisfaction levels of claimants during the tribunal stage of the Personal Independence Payments claims process in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	133688
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) does collect data on various types of issue that may be disputed in an appeal before the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS). These include entitlement to, or rate of payment of, a particular benefit, such as personal independence payments. However, data on satisfaction levels of claimants is not currently collected centrally.</p><p>The Government is investing in the modernisation of our courts and tribunals. The SSCS Track My Appeal project will provide users appealing a social security decision through a tribunal with a digital service which allows them to track their appeal through SMS, email, and an online platform. The digital process will give appellants clear, accessible and regular updates on the progress of their appeal. The new service is due to roll out nationally later this year and HMCTS will collect user satisfaction data on the service.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/03/2018 15:01:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

870200

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Contact Centres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding his Department has allocated to support the establishment and operation of child contact centres in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	134068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no overall responsibility for funding child contact centre provision. However, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) procures contact sessions at supervised child contact centres for families involved in family proceedings. The level of funding is dependent on demand but has remained broadly stable since 2014/15. Cafcass also provides small value grants of up to £3,000 per annum to assist child contact centres run by the voluntary sector (supported centres), where such organisations seek financial assistance. The value of these grants decreased in 2013/14 due to additional top-up funding for these centres provided in 2012/13 before increasing in 2014/15. Funding since 2015/16 has remained broadly stable.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, and previously the Department for Education, has provided core grant funding to the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) to help it set standards and run an accreditation scheme for child contact centres in England, supported by training. The value of this grant has increased in each of the last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for the financial years 2013/14 to 2017/18 are shown in the table below. Unit cost efficiencies, changes in demand volume and changes to the ways suppliers are paid mean that figures are not directly comparable across all financial years.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Core grant funding of child contact centres: financial years 2013/14 to 2017/18</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013/14 £</p></td><td><p>2014/15 £</p></td><td><p>2015/16 £</p></td><td><p>2016/17 £</p></td><td><p>2017/18 (provisional) £</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supervised child contact centres</p></td><td><p>2,443,305</p></td><td><p>1,579,351</p></td><td><p>1,368,605</p></td><td><p>1,546,065</p></td><td><p>1,599,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Supported child contact centres</p></td><td><p>160,585</p></td><td><p>385,544</p></td><td><p>446,223</p></td><td><p>447,787</p></td><td><p>434,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NACCC core grant</p></td><td><p>128,605<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>128.958<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>130,000<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>170,000</p></td><td><p>192,000</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Notes: <sup>1</sup> Department for Education. <sup>2 </sup>Transitional year with a grant of £65,000 each from Ministry of Justice and Department for Education.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/03/2018 16:35:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

870201

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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 he has made of the effect on court staff of his Department's planned court closures.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	134069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The consultation proposals published on 18 January included information regarding the number of staff located at each site. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service will work with the Departmental Trade Unions throughout the consultation period to understand the potential impact on our staff. All members of staff will have the opportunity to put forward their views through the formal consultation process.</p><p> </p><p>No decisions will be made regarding the future of any of the courts we are consulting on until all responses have been considered.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 14:56:26 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

870202

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
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 he has made of the effect of the planned court closures on the level of cases heard in courts that will not close.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	134070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>The consultations published on 18 January provide information regarding the workload at each site proposed for closure along with the capacity of the courts which would receive their work should a decision be made to close them. Our initial assessment is that there is sufficient capacity to accommodate the work of the courts proposed for closure at these sites.</p><p> </p><p>No decisions will be made regarding the future of any of these courts until all consultation responses have been considered.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 03/04/2018 14:57:01 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

870216

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials in his Department have held meetings with (i) representatives of (a) Cambridge Analytica, (b) SCL Group and (c) Global Science Research and (ii) Alexander Nix.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	134080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice and the Ministers of his department have not met with any representatives of Cambridge Analytica, SCL Group and Global Science Research or Alexander Nix.</p><p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings#2017</p><p> </p><p>As well as ministerial meetings, departmental officials meet external organisations on a regular and ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/04/2018 15:18:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

870232

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has met with representatives of (a) SCL Group and (b) Cambridge Analytica.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	134096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has not met with any representatives of SCL Group or Cambridge Analytica.</p><p> </p><p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/moj-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings#2017</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2018 14:36:01 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

870233

registered interest
date	23/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have had contracts with (i) SCL Group, (ii) Cambridge Analytica.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	134097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>From our records, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and its agencies has not entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories Group (SCL) and Cambridge Analytica.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2018 14:36:22 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

869489

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: SCL Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) his Department and (b) any of his Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>From our records, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and its agencies has not entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 28/03/2018 14:35:32 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

869520

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Income
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 131180, how much commercial income there was from (a) prison shops, (b) industries and (c) farms in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	134034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Income from the sale of goods and services for external sales from industries and retail prison shops for financial years 2015/16 and 2016/17 are published in the 2016/17 National Offender Management Service’s Annual Report and Accounts. The information requested can be found on page 112 within the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630533/6.3329_NOMS_AR_180717_19_July_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/630533/6.3329_NOMS_AR_180717_19_July_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the 2017/18 financial year will be published once they are audited and finalised after the end of March.</p><p> </p><p>Information on income generated from prison farms is not recorded or collated separately.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/03/2018 16:09:10 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

869564

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to victims of Northern Ireland related acts of terrorism committed in Great Britain.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure that victims of terrorism (including bereaved families) receive the best possible support both in the immediate aftermath, and in the long term. Under the EU Victims’ Directive, victims of Northern Ireland related acts of terrorism who reside in the UK are entitled to access support services in accordance with their needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government fund a range of services to provide support to help victims of terrorism cope, and as far as possible recover. We have also developed gov.uk webpages (see <strong>victimsofterrorism.campaign.gov.uk</strong>) to provide comprehensive advice to victims and to signpost them to support services in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with local authorities to highlight the support available. This support remains available to victims for as long as needed and regardless of when the attack happened.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 29/03/2018 14:36:33 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont