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988767

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bedford Prison: Wellingborough Prison
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 potential merits of closing HMP Bedford and transferring prisoners to HMP Wellingborough when it is operational.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	180281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government is committed to the modernisation of the prison estate. This will be achieved by delivering up to 10,000 modern, safe and decent prison places as previously announced, and the reconfiguration of the existing estate, providing the physical conditions for Governors to achieve better educational, training and rehabilitative outcomes. The delivery of new places will enable the Prison Estate Transformation Programme to achieve a combination of replacing existing capacity and increasing current capacity so that we will be able to close the least fit for purpose prison accommodation while ensuring we continue to meet demand. Population and capacity of the prison estate is kept under careful review to ensure there is always sufficient capacity. Decisions on the size of the future prison estate will reflect the current and projected prison population, including an assessment of the necessary margin to manage population fluctuations. No decisions have been made about future prison closures (male or female) beyond those which have already been announced.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 24/10/2018 16:46:17 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

918520

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which prisons are currently in special measures; and what are the reasons for each of those prisons being placed in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	150748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>For Question 150748, please see our response to 148963.</p><p> </p><p>Special Measures is an internal operational process undertaken by HM Prisons and Probation Service to provide additional support to prisons to improve performance. This process allows prisons to access wider support from available national resources.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the performance of prisons is published on gov.uk and the next set of annual performance outcomes will be published in Summer 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Honourable Members are already informed if a prison receives an Urgent Notification from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons as part of external scrutiny processes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 150749 question first answered 15/06/2018 13:44:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

918521

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make it his policy to ensure that hon. Members are notified when a prison in their constituency is placed in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	150749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>For Question 150748, please see our response to 148963.</p><p> </p><p>Special Measures is an internal operational process undertaken by HM Prisons and Probation Service to provide additional support to prisons to improve performance. This process allows prisons to access wider support from available national resources.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the performance of prisons is published on gov.uk and the next set of annual performance outcomes will be published in Summer 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Honourable Members are already informed if a prison receives an Urgent Notification from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons as part of external scrutiny processes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 150748 question first answered 15/06/2018 13:44:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891418

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when Bedford Magistrate’s Court was closed; and to where the services of that court were relocated.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In June 2014 the majority of magistrates’ court work at Bedford Magistrates’ Court (at the Shire Hall building) was centralised into Luton Magistrates’ Court. This was following a judicially-led consultation on revised listing arrangements, which was conducted in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Magistrates’ family cases, along with civil and tribunal cases, continue to be heard at the court. The Shire Hall building will only close subject to a public consultation, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:50:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891419

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were heard at Bedford Magistrate’s Court in each year from 2009 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of magistrates’ court cases heard at Bedford Magistrates’ Court between 2010 and 2017 are shown below. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service do not hold data for 2009. Magistrates’ Court cases can require more than one hearing and therefore the data includes instances where there have been multiple hearings in the same case.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of cases dealt with</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>14,652</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>13,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>10,955</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6,396</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1,912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>742</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:53:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891421

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the utilisation statistics for all court rooms at (a) Shire Hall in Bedford and (b) Bedford County Court and Family Court for (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The courts at Shire Hall Bedford sat for the following hours between 2015 and the end of 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data 2015/16</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data 2016/17</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data April-December 2017*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chamber/<br> Courtroom</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chambers 01</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>636</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chambers 02</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 01</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 02</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 03</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 04</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 05</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>2,272</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>2,516</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>County court utilisation includes the civil and family jurisdictions. Utilisation data for Count Court and Employment Tribunals are manually collected and therefore may be affected by associated measurement and recording errors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:48:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891422

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal hearings have been listed at Shire Hall in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an answer to this question from centrally held data as this does not differentiate between different court locations in Bedford. Since the employment tribunal building in Bedford ceased to hold public hearings in September 2017, the administration of cases has moved to Watford and has not differentiated between cases heard in that office and in Bedford.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:55:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891423

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Bedford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has for the future of court services in Bedford when the lease expires on the building that hosts Luton County and Family Court on 9 January 2020; and what provision he has made for court services in Luton and Bedfordshire when that lease expires.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	138088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is currently considering options regarding the future court estate in Bedfordshire. The Shire Hall building will only close subject to a public consultation regarding the distribution of the work currently heard in the building, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:46:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

855662

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Civil Disorder
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the number of incidents of concerted indiscipline in prisons in (a) England and Wales and (b) HMP Bedford year on year from 2010 to 2018.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	130969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>We are considering proposals to publish information routinely on concerted indiscipline and will confirm such plans when a decision has been reached.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 08/03/2018 16:25:26 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

822809

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: East of England
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 29 November 2017 to Question 115593, on Employment Tribunals Service: Eastern Region, how many lay members there were in (a) the Eastern Region and (b) Bedford in each year from 2012 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	122492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>The information regarding lay members is held on a local live database known as “Ethos”, which holds no historic data. It is therefore not possible to provide data from 2012 to 2017.</p><p>There are currently 110 lay members for the South East Region, of which 42 are assigned to the eastern part of the Region (which comprises Norwich, Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds Employment Tribunals). Whilst lay members do have an assigned home base Employment Tribunal, they can be deployed elsewhere across the South East Region subject to their agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/01/2018 12:23:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin