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995571

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle the increasing level of violence in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	184426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>We have invested in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes, and we are providing training to both new and existing staff to equip them to take on the new key worker role, in which they will provide more effective challenge and support to prisoners. We have introduced a new case management system for violent prisoners, known as the Challenge, Support and Intervention Plan.</p><p>Our prison staff work incredibly hard and we are under no illusions about the challenges they face. We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our staff will never be tolerated. That is why we are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure successful prosecutions of those who assault them. It is also why the Government supported the recently passed Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which increases sentences for those who attack emergency workers, including prison officers. But the key to this must be consistent management of prisoner behaviour with clear expectations.</p><p>We are taking further measures to protect our staff, including investing in 5,600 body-worn cameras and in rigid-bar handcuffs. Early next year we will begin to equip every prison officer in the adult male prison estate with PAVA incapacitant spray. PAVA can help to prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners alike, as well as being a tool to persuade prisoners in the act of violence to stop. It will be deployed only in prisons that have rolled out key workers, and in which staff have been properly trained, because we are clear that it is building relationships between prisoners and staff that provides the key to reducing violence in prisons.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 31/10/2018 14:31:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

992744

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Crimes of Violence
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 effect of reductions in the number of (a) prison officers and (b) experienced prison officers on the level of violence in prisons.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	182263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The causes of violence in prison are complex, but we know that the skills and availability of staff play a critical role in maintaining order. We have invested in over 3,000 additional staff in order to deliver consistent, purposeful regimes, and providing training to both new and existing staff to equip them to take on the new key worker role, in which they will provide more effective challenge and support to prisoners.</p><p> </p><p>Our prison staff work incredibly hard and we are under no illusions about the challenges they face. We are taking urgent action to make prisons safer, and assaults on our staff will never be tolerated. That is why we are working with the Police and Crown Prosecution Service to ensure successful prosecutions of those who assault them. It is also why the Government supported the recently passed Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act, which increases sentences for those who attack emergency workers, including prison officers.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking further measures to protect our staff, including investing in 5,600 body-worn cameras and in rigid-bar handcuffs. Early next year we will begin to equip every prison officer in the adult male prison estate with PAVA incapacitant spray. PAVA can help to prevent serious harm to staff and prisoners alike, as well as being a tool to persuade prisoners in the act of violence to stop. It will be deployed only in prisons that have rolled out key workers, and in which staff have been properly trained.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 25/10/2018 13:15:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

991162

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed by his Department in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	181609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Members of staff apply for universal credit in a personal capacity and there are a number of different factors which determine whether or not an individual is eligible. The Department has no central record from which to determine the number and proportion of its staff in receipt of universal credit therefore it is not be possible for the Secretary of State for Justice to make an estimate of numbers, or a statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/10/2018 15:10:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

934738

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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, whether his Department has any plans to ensure that there is a minimum amount of criminal legal aid lawyers in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	160748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors and barristers to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case. The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public. The 2017 tender for crime contracts resulted in a greater number of offices being awarded criminal legal aid contracts, providing sufficient coverage in each local authority area.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/07/2018 16:26:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 68518 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

934740

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that the pay and conditions for criminal legal aid lawyers are adequate to encourage more people to enter the profession.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	160749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors and barristers to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case. The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public. Last year £891 million was spent on criminal legal aid so that those who most need legal support are able to get it.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice, the LAA and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service are working with representatives from solicitors’ and barristers’ groups as they look to evolve the way that courts are operating moving forward. This involves looking at options on working more digitally and an increased utilisation of virtual facilities. We will consider what future fee structures will be appropriate for future ways of working, the aim of which is to ensure that legal aid remains available for those that need it as the court estate and services are reconfigured.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/07/2018 16:27:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 68520 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

934135

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: South Yorkshire
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 recent trends in the level of legal aid provision for litigants in (a) Barnsley and (b) South Yorkshire.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	160221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations. The number of solicitor offices providing legal aid in the areas you have enquired about has remained broadly static over the last several financial years, with the number of claims submitted exhibiting a moderate year-on-year reduction.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 160222 160223 question first answered 06/07/2018 14:00:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

934136

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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 estimate his Department has made of the reduction in the number of criminal legal aid lawyers in (a) Barnsley (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England following the introduction of the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	160222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations. The number of solicitor offices providing legal aid in the areas you have enquired about has remained broadly static over the last several financial years, with the number of claims submitted exhibiting a moderate year-on-year reduction.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 160221 160223 question first answered 06/07/2018 14:00:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

934298

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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 criminal legal aid lawyers there are per population in (a) Barnsley, (b) Yorkshire and (c) London.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	160223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations. The number of solicitor offices providing legal aid in the areas you have enquired about has remained broadly static over the last several financial years, with the number of claims submitted exhibiting a moderate year-on-year reduction.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 160221 160222 question first answered 06/07/2018 14:00:05 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

933954

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
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 encourage more trainee solicitors to progress into a career in criminal legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	159614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>As the legal profession in England and Wales is independent of Government, responsibility for the training of intending solicitors rests with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). The SRA is currently working on introducing a new Solicitors Qualifying Exam, which it hopes will lower costs and open up a variety of routes into the profession.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across criminal legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public. Last year £891 million was spent on criminal legal aid so that those who most need legal support are able to get it.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/07/2018 15:22:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

902148

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the time limit to apply for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority is two years after the incident.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	143156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme 2012 (the Scheme) is a government funded scheme which is designed to compensate victims of violent crime in Great Britain. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) has administered the statutory Scheme since 1995, and it decides all claims independently of Ministers and Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Scheme requires that applicants submit a claim so that it is received as soon as reasonably practicable after the incident, and in any event no later than two years after the date of that incident. The time limit for applications is in place to encourage victims to make their application as soon as possible in order that the facts and circumstances of the application can be fully assessed. Delays in making an application may present difficulties in obtaining evidence about the incident and physical and mental injury caused to the applicant.</p><p> </p><p>There is additional provision in the Scheme for applicants who were aged under 18 at the time of the incident. The Scheme allows CICA to accept applications from adults injured as children provided they apply either before their 20<sup>th</sup> birthday where the incident was reported to the police before they turned 18 or within two years of the date they reported the incident to the police, if they did so after they turned 18.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the Scheme gives CICA a discretionary power to extend the time limits for an application, but only where due to exceptional circumstances an application could not have been made earlier, and the evidence provided in support of the application means that it can be determined without further extensive enquiries by a claims officer. CICA’s guidance sets out what ‘exceptional circumstances’ should involve. This could include where the applicant was physically or mentally incapable of making an application within the timeframe.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 16/05/2018 15:54:30 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis