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874750

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment support allowance appeal hearings have been adjourned in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>(i) The table below contains the information requested up to December 2017, the latest period for which figures are available.</p><p>Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of ESA Adjourned <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Adjournments as a proportion of disposals<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016</p></td><td><p>9,553</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>11,591</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2017 – 31 December 2017 <sup>P</sup></p></td><td><p>10,001</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>The number of ESA appeals adjourned at a hearing.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Total number of hearing clearances. Cases cleared at tribunal hearing both oral and paper</p><p><sup>P </sup>Provisional data, as they will be reconciled when the annual statistics are published and therefore subject to change. Latest data available in line with published data.</p><p> </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 are the best data available.</p><p> </p><p>(ii) The decision to adjourn a hearing is a judicial function. There is no prescribed set of criteria in determining whether to adjourn hearings for ESA (or other types of) appeals. Hearings can be adjourned for a variety of reasons including to obtain further medical evidence.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135053 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:53:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

874829

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to ensure that in areas where there are no immigration and asylum provider bids, unaccompanied children seeking asylum can get appropriate legal assistance.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In most categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area (or in the case of immigration and asylum where procurement areas are further broken down into access points, a minimum of one provider per access point).</p><p>Where one or fewer compliant tenders were received in response to its recent tender process, the LAA will be undertaking additional tender activity in those areas to achieve better access to services for the public where possible.</p><p>In the categories of community care and welfare benefits, the LAA received more than two compliant tenders in each procurement area and, subject to successfully verifying tenders the LAA anticipates all procurement areas will have at least two legal aid providers from 1 September 2018 when new contracts begin.</p><p>Debt advice is also delivered through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone helpline contracts, as is discrimination advice which is only delivered via CLA. The LAA does not procure CLA contracts on a procurement area basis.</p><p>In the two areas throughout England and Wales where no compliant immigration and asylum tenders were received, the LAA will be seeking to place services in these areas through the tender process it has recently announced to secure additional services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135131 135132 135133 135134 135135 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:56:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874830

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Discrimination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of discrimination law by September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In most categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area (or in the case of immigration and asylum where procurement areas are further broken down into access points, a minimum of one provider per access point).</p><p>Where one or fewer compliant tenders were received in response to its recent tender process, the LAA will be undertaking additional tender activity in those areas to achieve better access to services for the public where possible.</p><p>In the categories of community care and welfare benefits, the LAA received more than two compliant tenders in each procurement area and, subject to successfully verifying tenders the LAA anticipates all procurement areas will have at least two legal aid providers from 1 September 2018 when new contracts begin.</p><p>Debt advice is also delivered through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone helpline contracts, as is discrimination advice which is only delivered via CLA. The LAA does not procure CLA contracts on a procurement area basis.</p><p>In the two areas throughout England and Wales where no compliant immigration and asylum tenders were received, the LAA will be seeking to place services in these areas through the tender process it has recently announced to secure additional services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135130 135132 135133 135134 135135 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:56:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874831

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Community Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of community care law by September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In most categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area (or in the case of immigration and asylum where procurement areas are further broken down into access points, a minimum of one provider per access point).</p><p>Where one or fewer compliant tenders were received in response to its recent tender process, the LAA will be undertaking additional tender activity in those areas to achieve better access to services for the public where possible.</p><p>In the categories of community care and welfare benefits, the LAA received more than two compliant tenders in each procurement area and, subject to successfully verifying tenders the LAA anticipates all procurement areas will have at least two legal aid providers from 1 September 2018 when new contracts begin.</p><p>Debt advice is also delivered through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone helpline contracts, as is discrimination advice which is only delivered via CLA. The LAA does not procure CLA contracts on a procurement area basis.</p><p>In the two areas throughout England and Wales where no compliant immigration and asylum tenders were received, the LAA will be seeking to place services in these areas through the tender process it has recently announced to secure additional services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135130 135131 135133 135134 135135 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:56:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874832

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of welfare and benefits law by September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In most categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area (or in the case of immigration and asylum where procurement areas are further broken down into access points, a minimum of one provider per access point).</p><p>Where one or fewer compliant tenders were received in response to its recent tender process, the LAA will be undertaking additional tender activity in those areas to achieve better access to services for the public where possible.</p><p>In the categories of community care and welfare benefits, the LAA received more than two compliant tenders in each procurement area and, subject to successfully verifying tenders the LAA anticipates all procurement areas will have at least two legal aid providers from 1 September 2018 when new contracts begin.</p><p>Debt advice is also delivered through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone helpline contracts, as is discrimination advice which is only delivered via CLA. The LAA does not procure CLA contracts on a procurement area basis.</p><p>In the two areas throughout England and Wales where no compliant immigration and asylum tenders were received, the LAA will be seeking to place services in these areas through the tender process it has recently announced to secure additional services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135130 135131 135132 135134 135135 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:56:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874833

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of immigration law by September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In most categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area (or in the case of immigration and asylum where procurement areas are further broken down into access points, a minimum of one provider per access point).</p><p>Where one or fewer compliant tenders were received in response to its recent tender process, the LAA will be undertaking additional tender activity in those areas to achieve better access to services for the public where possible.</p><p>In the categories of community care and welfare benefits, the LAA received more than two compliant tenders in each procurement area and, subject to successfully verifying tenders the LAA anticipates all procurement areas will have at least two legal aid providers from 1 September 2018 when new contracts begin.</p><p>Debt advice is also delivered through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone helpline contracts, as is discrimination advice which is only delivered via CLA. The LAA does not procure CLA contracts on a procurement area basis.</p><p>In the two areas throughout England and Wales where no compliant immigration and asylum tenders were received, the LAA will be seeking to place services in these areas through the tender process it has recently announced to secure additional services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135130 135131 135132 135133 135135 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:56:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874834

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that all procurement areas have at least two legal aid providers of debt law advice by September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In most categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area (or in the case of immigration and asylum where procurement areas are further broken down into access points, a minimum of one provider per access point).</p><p>Where one or fewer compliant tenders were received in response to its recent tender process, the LAA will be undertaking additional tender activity in those areas to achieve better access to services for the public where possible.</p><p>In the categories of community care and welfare benefits, the LAA received more than two compliant tenders in each procurement area and, subject to successfully verifying tenders the LAA anticipates all procurement areas will have at least two legal aid providers from 1 September 2018 when new contracts begin.</p><p>Debt advice is also delivered through the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) telephone helpline contracts, as is discrimination advice which is only delivered via CLA. The LAA does not procure CLA contracts on a procurement area basis.</p><p>In the two areas throughout England and Wales where no compliant immigration and asylum tenders were received, the LAA will be seeking to place services in these areas through the tender process it has recently announced to secure additional services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135130 135131 135132 135133 135134 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:56:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

869192

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of pre-sentence reports recommended (1) immediate custody, (2) suspended sentences, (3) community sentences, and (4) fines, in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17; and what were the rates of concordance between sentences and pre-sentence report recommendations for each of those recommendations in cases of (a) standard delivery reports, (b) written fast delivery reports, and (c) oral fast delivery reports.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL6565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested has been provided in the attached tables. The total number of pre-sentence reports, produced for eligible offenders, over the last few years correlates with the fall in overall offenders in the criminal justice system.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/04/2018 15:01:45 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name HL6565 Table.docx title Table
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

868250

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pre-sentence reports were issued in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) a summary offence, (2) a triable either way offence, and (3) and indictable only offence.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL6522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested, where possible, has been provided in the attached table. The total number of pre-sentence reports produced for eligible offenders over the last few years correlates with the fall in overall offenders in the criminal justice system.</p><p>The breakdowns requested in HL6522 are not available due to differences in offence recording in the database. The breakdown for possession of weapons, public order offences and summary non-motoring requested in HL6525 are also not available. Otherwise, the table covers all of the offences categories, with theft labelled as ‘theft and handling’.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL6524 HL6525 question first answered 26/04/2018 15:06:44 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name HL6522, 6524 & 6525.docx title Table
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman

868251

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Pre-sentence Reports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the rates of concordance between sentences and pre-sentence report recommendations in England and Wales in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2016–17 in cases where the index offence was (1) a summary offence, (2) a triable either way offence, (3) and indictable only offence.
tabling member printed	Lord Wasserman
uin	HL6523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The information requested, where possible, has been provided in the attached tables. The total number of pre-sentence reports, produced for eligible offenders, over the last few years correlates with the fall in overall offenders in the criminal justice system.</p><p>The breakdowns requested in HL6523 are not available due to differences in offence recording in the database. The table covers all of the offences categories as requested in HL6526 except theft is labelled as ‘theft and handling’, and criminal damage and arson is labelled as ‘criminal damage’. The breakdown for possession of weapons, public order offences and summary non-motoring, as requested in HL6527, are not available. The offence category for fraud is included within ‘fraud and forgery’.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL6526 HL6527 question first answered 26/04/2018 14:58:42 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie attachment 1 file name HL6523, 6526 & 6527 Table.docx title Table
tabling member	4207 label Biography information for Lord Wasserman