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896282

registered interest
date	02/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many appeals there have been against Education and Health Care Plan decisions; how many such appeals have been successful; and what the cost to the public purse was of each appeal.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	140759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Information about the number and outcomes of Special Educational Needs and Disability appeals including against Education and Health Care Plan (EHC) decisions, is published on gov.uk.</p><p>The most recent statistics, for the period July to September 2017 (which includes data from September 2014 when EHC were introduced), published on 14 December 2017, can be viewed at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2017</p><p>The cost to HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service of processing an appeal to the Tribunal varies between £1115 and £2688 depending on the nature of the dispute to be determined.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 16:30:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

890502

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crime: Victims
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice of 24 April 2018, Official Report, column 717, on Victims Law when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals for a Victim's Law.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	137525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Supporting victims of crime is a priority for the Government and we have made a commitment to publish a victims strategy by Summer 2018. As I said on 24 April, as part of the strategy, we are considering both legislative and non-legislative measures. If appropriate, we will bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:13:34 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

874691

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	Sexual Offences: Newcastle upon Tyne
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 26 March 2018 to Question 133789 on Sexual Offences: Newcastle upon Tyne, what long-term funding his Department has made available to support the adult victims of (a) sexual abuse and (b) exploitation identified by Operation Sanctuary.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	134992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>This information is held by the Ministry of Justice, which holds primary responsibility for funding of victim support services.</p><p>The Government has made a commitment under the Ending Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020 to ensure funding for rape support services is maintained throughout the Spending Review period. We continue to meet that commitment.</p><p>In 2016/17 and 2017/18 the MoJ protected funding of over £6.2million to 85 female Rape Support Centres across England and Wales to provide independent, specialist support to female victims of rape and sexual violence. In addition, the MoJ has provided an uplift of £1.71m to these centres as a consequence of the increased demand from adult victims of historic sexual abuse.</p><p>In Northumbria, the MoJ is providing £265,870 (including £60,000 uplift to support victims of child sexual abuse) to four rape support centres. We have protected the same level of funding for 2018/19.</p><p>In each of the last three years, Government has provided £7million funding for non-statutory organisations supporting victims and survivors of sexual violence, including child sexual abuse and exploitation. In 2016/17 and 2017/18:</p><ul><li>£1.71 million was allocated as an uplift to MoJ funded female rape support centres,</li><li>£4.7 million was provided directly to PCCs to support organisations working with victims and survivors of CSA locally</li><li>£0.6 million was distributed directly by the Home Office to organisations working with victims and survivors of sexual abuse over a large geographic area.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/04/2018 15:43:44 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

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

874752

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, what the criteria are for adjourning employment support allowance hearings.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	135053
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 135051 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

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

837894

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for prisoners to receive professional and impartial careers advice once the current provision from the National Careers Service ends on 1 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	126924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>We are working to put in place an alternative approach to commissioning information, advice and guidance as part of our wider reforms of education - one that will encourage more joined up delivery of learning and employment guidance and support. This will support the prisoner from the beginning of their sentence and throughout their journey.</p><p> </p><p>With the experienced Offender Learning and Skills Service providers, the DWP work coaches and the Community Rehabilitation Companies there will continue to be a range of employment support and guidance services for prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to providing education and training to deliver more effective rehabilitation to address the needs of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>The Education Skills Funding Agency National Careers Service contract for services in custody ends in March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>We are reviewing options for alternative provision as part of wider employment services. This will give governors further control over how their education and training offer is delivered.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 20/02/2018 17:11:38 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

834224

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offences against Children: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to extend the scope of the proposed regulations on including sports coaches within the definition of a position of trust to (a) youth and (b) religious leaders.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	125857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The protection of children remains a priority for this Government and we keep this important area of the law under review.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is currently developing proposals to extend the definition of a ‘position of trust’ in the Sexual Offences Act 2003, to bring “sports coaches” into that definition. My officials are working closely with their DCMS counterparts in considering these proposals.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to extend the definitions to include youth and religious leaders.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 05/02/2018 16:31:34 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

834327

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Young Offenders: Vietnam
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Vietnamese children were prosecuted between 2012-17; and, of that number, how many (a) were convicted of an offence and (b) are serving custodial sentences as a result of those convictions.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	125947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 06/02/2018 17:42:24 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker