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874644

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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 Ombudsman
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on how many occasions has the decision of the Legal Ombudsman been overturned as a result of a review in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	134946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Legal Ombudsman decisions can be challenged by way of judicial review.</p><p>Of the 18,076 ombudsman decisions that the Legal Ombudsman made in the past five years, only 16 cases have been reconsidered as a result of judicial review. Of these, four were reconsidered as a result of a contested hearing and 12 were agreed by consent between parties before the matter went to trial.</p><p>The breakdown is as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>2017 – 3,370 decisions, 1 reconsidered (by consent)</li><li>2016 – 4,337 decisions, 2 reconsidered (both by consent)</li><li>2015 – 3,475 decisions, 4 reconsidered (all by consent)</li><li>2014 – 3,409 decisions, 6 reconsidered (two by court order, four by consent)</li><li>2013 – 3,485 decisions, 3 reconsidered (two by court order, one by consent)</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/04/2018 16:38:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

874736

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	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Farmer Review published in August 2017, what steps he is taking to help prisons to keep families together to reduce re-offending rates.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	135037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>We know that improving the quality of engagement between a prisoner and their friends or family can be a positive influence on reducing reoffending. The Government is committed to implementing the recommendations set out by Lord Farmer in his report ‘The Importance of Strengthening Prisoners Family Ties to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime’. Since the publication of the Farmer Review, progress continues to be made in implementing its recommendations. Through our reforms we are placing the importance of family relationships at the centre of our revised approach.</p><p>Governors are central to reforming our prisons because they are best placed to ensure the prison is safe and secure, and understand the rehabilitative needs of the offenders in their care. In October 2017, family budgets were devolved to Governors, which coincided with the commencement of new family services contracts. This has given Governors the ability to deliver tailored support for prisoners, helping them to build or maintain their ties with family or friends. An example of this is HMP Chelmsford, which recently adapted their prison library, making it child friendly, to enable prisoners to sit down and read with their children.</p><p>To support this new approach, from April 2018 all prison Governors will now be required to produce local Strategies, which set out how they will support prisoners to improve the level of engagement with their friends and families. This will be underpinned by a guidance document, which was issued in December and a new Family Policy Framework, which will be published in Autumn of this year. These will help standardise the quality of services provided across all prisons, helping to strengthen relationships between prisoners, their family and friends.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) has appointed a lead inspector to Children and Families work. HMIP has updated its website to demonstrate good practice recognised in inspections since the publication of the Farmer Review. <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/our-expectations/prison-expectations/rehabilitation-and-release-planning/children-and-families-and-contact-with-the-outside-world/" target="_blank">https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/our-expectations/prison-expectations/rehabilitation-and-release-planning/children-and-families-and-contact-with-the-outside-world/</a></p><p>There are a handful of recommendations, which will require longer-term structural reform to be delivered, including in-cell telephony and the use of video calling technology, such as Skype. We are in the process of developing options for these proposals.</p><p>In addition to the recommendations set out in the Farmer review relationships between prisoners and their families are maintained through a range of visiting opportunities. In addition to statutory entitlement to visits under the Prison Rules 1999, prisoners may also be granted additional visits through local privilege schemes. In a speech on the 6<sup>th</sup> of March at the Royal Society of Arts, the Secretary of State expressed his commitment to creating incentives that support and encourage offenders to turn their lives around. This includes offering access to technology like skype allowing prisoners contact with their families that they would otherwise be unable to have.</p><p>Release on temporary licence (ROTL) is another way for suitable prisoners to maintain family ties, and we will be exploring in the coming months how best to ensure access to ROTL for those who would benefit, within a robust risk assessment framework.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 135039 question first answered 16/04/2018 13:05:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

874738

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	Importance of Strengthening Prisoners' Family Ties to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made on implementation the recommendations of the Farmer Review, published in August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	135039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>We know that improving the quality of engagement between a prisoner and their friends or family can be a positive influence on reducing reoffending. The Government is committed to implementing the recommendations set out by Lord Farmer in his report ‘The Importance of Strengthening Prisoners Family Ties to Prevent Reoffending and Reduce Intergenerational Crime’. Since the publication of the Farmer Review, progress continues to be made in implementing its recommendations. Through our reforms we are placing the importance of family relationships at the centre of our revised approach.</p><p>Governors are central to reforming our prisons because they are best placed to ensure the prison is safe and secure, and understand the rehabilitative needs of the offenders in their care. In October 2017, family budgets were devolved to Governors, which coincided with the commencement of new family services contracts. This has given Governors the ability to deliver tailored support for prisoners, helping them to build or maintain their ties with family or friends. An example of this is HMP Chelmsford, which recently adapted their prison library, making it child friendly, to enable prisoners to sit down and read with their children.</p><p>To support this new approach, from April 2018 all prison Governors will now be required to produce local Strategies, which set out how they will support prisoners to improve the level of engagement with their friends and families. This will be underpinned by a guidance document, which was issued in December and a new Family Policy Framework, which will be published in Autumn of this year. These will help standardise the quality of services provided across all prisons, helping to strengthen relationships between prisoners, their family and friends.</p><p>Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons (HMIP) has appointed a lead inspector to Children and Families work. HMIP has updated its website to demonstrate good practice recognised in inspections since the publication of the Farmer Review. <a href="https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/our-expectations/prison-expectations/rehabilitation-and-release-planning/children-and-families-and-contact-with-the-outside-world/" target="_blank">https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/our-expectations/prison-expectations/rehabilitation-and-release-planning/children-and-families-and-contact-with-the-outside-world/</a></p><p>There are a handful of recommendations, which will require longer-term structural reform to be delivered, including in-cell telephony and the use of video calling technology, such as Skype. We are in the process of developing options for these proposals.</p><p>In addition to the recommendations set out in the Farmer review relationships between prisoners and their families are maintained through a range of visiting opportunities. In addition to statutory entitlement to visits under the Prison Rules 1999, prisoners may also be granted additional visits through local privilege schemes. In a speech on the 6<sup>th</sup> of March at the Royal Society of Arts, the Secretary of State expressed his commitment to creating incentives that support and encourage offenders to turn their lives around. This includes offering access to technology like skype allowing prisoners contact with their families that they would otherwise be unable to have.</p><p>Release on temporary licence (ROTL) is another way for suitable prisoners to maintain family ties, and we will be exploring in the coming months how best to ensure access to ROTL for those who would benefit, within a robust risk assessment framework.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 135037 question first answered 16/04/2018 13:05:19 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

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

874780

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	Prisoners: Repatriation
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 prison transfer arrangements with the EU after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	135081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Any foreign national who comes to our country and abuses our hospitality by breaking the law should be in no doubt of our determination to deport them. More than 40,000 foreign national offenders have been removed from the UK since 2010, with a record number of over 6,300 removed in 2016/17.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A range of removal mechanisms exist which enable foreign offenders to be returned to their home countries, and we are working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Home Office as we consider our future criminal justice arrangements with the EU, with the aim of carrying on our close working relationship.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/04/2018 12:56:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

874823

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid providers attained a pass at peer review in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Within any given year, Peer Reviews are not undertaken on every provider, but are done on a prioritised and targeted basis to provide risk-based assurance, and from 2017/18 are done in sufficient numbers to ensure coverage of crime providers across the lifetime of the crime contracts. As such the reviews cover only a subset of all providers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011-2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>2017-2018</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Crime</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>98</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>91</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Percentage of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>89%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>90%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>87%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>87.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Civil</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>149</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>176</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>97</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Percentage of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>84%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>85%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>78%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>85.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135125 question first answered 16/04/2018 16:41:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874824

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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of legal aid providers attained a pass at peer review in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Within any given year, Peer Reviews are not undertaken on every provider, but are done on a prioritised and targeted basis to provide risk-based assurance, and from 2017/18 are done in sufficient numbers to ensure coverage of crime providers across the lifetime of the crime contracts. As such the reviews cover only a subset of all providers.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2010-2011</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011-2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>2017-2018</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Crime</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>98</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>91</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>51</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Percentage of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>89%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>90%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>87%</p></td><td><p>81%</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>87.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Civil</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Number of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>149</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>176</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>97</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>85</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Percentage of peer reviews of providers, leading to a Threshold Competency peer review rating and above (1 to 3)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>84%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>85%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>78%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>82%</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>85.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135124 question first answered 16/04/2018 16:41:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874825

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
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 made of the level of unmet need for legal advice, broken down by region.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency frequently reviews market capacity to make sure there is adequate provision around the country and moves quickly to ensure provision where gaps may appear.</p><p>The Lord Chancellor has confirmed we will conduct an evidence based review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, assessing the changes against their objectives. We will publish our findings later this year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/04/2018 16:40:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

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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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people live in procurement areas in which (a) one or (b) no compliant bids have been submitted to the Legal Aid Agency.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Procurement areas are not uniform across categories of law but are based on factors relevant to each category of law, and hence do not directly align with local authority area or other boundary by which data on population can be provided.</p><p>The LAA received compliant tenders from more than 1700 organisations wishing to deliver face to face civil legal aid work. These organisations submitted over 4,300 individual bids to deliver category-specific work from their office(s). Numerous factors may affect the number of compliant bids received in each tender exercise; the fact that this process has not yet concluded precludes further speculation at this time.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135129 question first answered 16/04/2018 16:42:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

874828

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
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 reasons for the low level of compliant bids submitted to the Legal Aid Agency.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	135129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Procurement areas are not uniform across categories of law but are based on factors relevant to each category of law, and hence do not directly align with local authority area or other boundary by which data on population can be provided.</p><p>The LAA received compliant tenders from more than 1700 organisations wishing to deliver face to face civil legal aid work. These organisations submitted over 4,300 individual bids to deliver category-specific work from their office(s). Numerous factors may affect the number of compliant bids received in each tender exercise; the fact that this process has not yet concluded precludes further speculation at this time.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 135128 question first answered 16/04/2018 16:42:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon