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1005645

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Fees and Charges
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice on 5 November (HCWS1066), what assessment they have made of the estimate by the Institute for Legacy Management that the proposed rise in probate fees could cost charities £10 million a year in lost legacy income.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL11416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We acknowledge the benefit of assessing this impact and we are already aware of the assessment made by the Institute for Legacy Management. As far as we are aware, the Institute for Legacy Management have not shared the detail behind their data with us. However, we would be very happy to carefully consider any detail behind the assessment should they be open to sharing this with the department.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/11/2018 15:50:27 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1008484

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Jon Venables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policies and procedures on (a) (i) obtaining legal advice and (ii) other issues prior to the release of information and (b) (i) designating and (ii) authorising personnel to release information were in place when information on Jon Venables being in custody was released on or about 2 March 2010; whether changes in those policies and procedures have been made since that date; and how those policies and procedures are made available to departmental personnel.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Mr George Howarth
	uin	192098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Victims who elect to receive services under the statutory Probation Victim Contact Scheme are entitled to receive information at key stages of an offender’s sentence. In accordance with the policy for the operation of the Victim Contact Scheme, the recall of an offender to custody is regarded as information which a victim is entitled to receive. That was the case in 2010 when the offender once known as Jon Venables was recalled to custody and remains the case today.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/11/2018 17:31:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1010713

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	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 20 September 2018 to Question 172598, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting time was for social security tribunal hearings at the Sunderland tribunal venue in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	193445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>It has not been possible to provide the information requested at a) and b) in the time available. I will arrange for a copy of these data requested to be placed in the House Library as soon as they are available.</p><p> </p><p>Information about (c) average waiting times of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/11/2018 15:50:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1011440

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Trials
	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 number of defendants seeking to use section 76(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 as a key form of defence within criminal trials.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	194126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/11/2018 10:31:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1011448

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons his Department is not running in-house bids for the operation of (a) HMP Wellingborough and (b) HMP Glen Parva.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	194129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will soon launch a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons will be selected. This process will enable us to undertake rigorous financial and operational assessment of bids put forward by any existing or potential operator to ensure they are of sufficient quality, value and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places. The Chancellor reaffirmed this commitment in the Budget, announcing that we intend to build the new prisons at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022, through public capital.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194130 194146 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1011449

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to issue invitations to tender for the operation of (a) HMP Wellingborough and (b) HMP Glen Parva.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	194130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will soon launch a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons will be selected. This process will enable us to undertake rigorous financial and operational assessment of bids put forward by any existing or potential operator to ensure they are of sufficient quality, value and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places. The Chancellor reaffirmed this commitment in the Budget, announcing that we intend to build the new prisons at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022, through public capital.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194129 194146 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1011495

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Contracts
	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 potential cost to the public purse of running in-house bids for the operation of (a) HMP Wellingborough and (b) HMP Glen Parva.
	tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
	tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
	uin	194146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a diverse market of prison operators and competition for custodial services remains an important way of achieving that and driving quality of operations and innovation across the system. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service will not be bidding in the competition to operate the new prisons at Wellingborough and Glen Parva but will instead provide a ‘public sector benchmark’, against which against which potential operators’ bids can be assessed. It is right that the prison service focuses on getting the basics right in prisons, however where bids do not meet sufficient quality or value for money thresholds it will act as the provider.</p><p> </p><p>HMPPS will soon launch a competition to establish a framework of prison operators, from which the operator for the new prison at Wellingborough and potentially further prisons will be selected. This process will enable us to undertake rigorous financial and operational assessment of bids put forward by any existing or potential operator to ensure they are of sufficient quality, value and affordability.</p><p> </p><p>As set out on the 26 June at the Justice Select Committee and in the 2017 manifesto, we remain committed to building up to 10,000 modern and decent prison places. The Chancellor reaffirmed this commitment in the Budget, announcing that we intend to build the new prisons at Wellingborough, which is due to open in 2021 and Glen Parva, which we expect to open in 2022, through public capital.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194129 194130 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:46:12 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1011519

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for someone who telephones HM Courts and Tribunal Service to contact the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) service.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Greenwood
	uin	194166
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>We have increased the number of staff at the contact centre to meet the increasing workload, with new employees fully trained by November.</p><p> </p><p>The current average wait time for someone who telephones HM Courts and Tribunals Service to contact the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) service is nine minutes and sixteen seconds (an average for the month of November 2018 to date)</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/11/2018 15:48:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4400 label Biography information for Margaret Greenwood

1011659

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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 he plans to consult specialist bereavement organisations on Government policy to support bereaved families in seeking legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Wantage
	tabling member printed	Mr Edward Vaizey
	uin	194118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>As part of its review of legal aid for inquests, over the summer my Department carried out a call for evidence exercise, conducted surveys of key stakeholders, and officials met bereaved people as well as groups which represent their interests.</p><p>The Department is now considering the responses and other feedback. Any significant changes to policy will be presented in a public consultation as part of the final report, in which anyone interested in this issue including members of the public and specialist bereavement organisations will be invited to respond to this consultation exercise. We intend to publish the final report by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/11/2018 15:53:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot

1011681

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many directions for release were made by the Parole Board from March 2018 to September 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	194241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>In the period March 2018 to August 2018*, the Parole Board conducted 3,890 hearings and 2,647 hearings were completed. In this time the Parole Board made 1,280 release directions (81 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period September 2017 to March 2018, the Parole Board conducted 4,418 hearings and 3,041 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 1,613 release directions (138 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>In the period January 2016 to January 2017, the Parole Board conducted 7,956 hearings and 5,674 hearings were completed. The Parole Board made 3,045 release directions (425 of them were released on papers).</p><p> </p><p>* data for 2018-19 is only currently available for the period April-August 2018</p><p>Public protection will always be our priority. In 16/17 and 17/18 the Ministry of Justice provided additional funding to enable the Parole Board to induct and train over 100 new members and to hear more cases each month.</p><p> </p><p>In October this year the Government secured a further £1.5 million for the Parole Board to boost its operational capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We are carrying out a full review of the Parole Board rules, which will build on the work we have already done to increase transparency and ensure victims are better supported.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 194242 194243 194244 194245 194246 question first answered 26/11/2018 15:51:15 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon