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767658

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to limit the disclosure of addresses of victims of domestic violence to judges and magistrates in court proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	106631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plan to limit the disclosure of addresses of victims of domestic violence to judges and magistrates in court proceedings.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of protections already available to parties in the civil and family courts, including measures to protect a ‘safe’ address by providing an alternative. In the criminal courts, victims are not automatically required to disclose their address either on court papers or in the court room.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/01/2018 19:48:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

794336

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many losses and special payments have been made by his Department in the 2017-18 financial year to date; and what the value of those losses and payments have been.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	115309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Losses are a decrease in a resource or asset that are outside the normal operations of the business. A special payment is one made outside the normal activities of the business, for example a compensation payment.</p><p>Details of losses and special payments for the 2017/18 financial year are set out in the table below. This information covers 1 April to 30 September 2017. Please note that this information has not yet completed the internal validation process and may change.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Losses and special payments 2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Losses</p></td><td><p>Number of cases</p></td><td><p>£000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,931</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Special Payments</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,086</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,037</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/01/2018 17:56:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

800670

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
	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 extend legal recognition to humanist marriages in order to enhance the diversity of choices for types of marriage ceremonies available to same-sex couples.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	117291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Assessment of the potential merits of provision for non-religious belief marriages can be found in the consultation paper and response published by a previous Government in 2014 and available at justice.gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Amending the existing law on marriage to make provision for legally valid humanist ceremonies would involve a range of issues for the Government to consider carefully. We have no plans to amend this legislation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 117292 question first answered 16/01/2018 17:55:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

800671

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of extending legal recognition of marriages humanist ceremonies; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	117292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Assessment of the potential merits of provision for non-religious belief marriages can be found in the consultation paper and response published by a previous Government in 2014 and available at justice.gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Amending the existing law on marriage to make provision for legally valid humanist ceremonies would involve a range of issues for the Government to consider carefully. We have no plans to amend this legislation.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 117291 question first answered 16/01/2018 17:55:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

810219

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2017
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118802, what other institutions referred to in that answer will provide data for the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; and what data will be provided.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	120685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>On 30 October, the Government announced the commencement of its Post-Implementation Review of the legal aid changes made by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) and subsequently. We will engage with a range of experts in the field and are in the process of reaching out to experts who will inform the process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:15:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33794 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810481

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
	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) amount of time and (b) resources that his Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	120827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government carries out impact assessments typically related to specific new primary legislation before Parliament. For example, the Government laid an impact assessment alongside the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The Ministry of Justice conducts impact assessments related to legislation as business as usual. Our broader analysis of the UK’s exit from the EU continues.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:14:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33795 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

810560

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	120905
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day. We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statue book functions appropriately outside the EU. All Departments are engaged in the process.</p><p>Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the Governments EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of possible outcomes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/01/2018 17:59:02 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33807 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810660

	registered interest
	date	21/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Disclosure of Information
	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 extent to which non-disclosure agreements are being used to conceal actions that are against civil or criminal law.
	tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
	tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
	uin	121005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Non-disclosure agreements are used in a wide range of commercial and non-commercial situations. They do not override the criminal law. I would encourage anyone who believes that a criminal offence has been committed to report the matter to the police.</p><p> </p><p>In view of concerns about non-disclosure agreements the Government has committed to look at the structures around them and the evidence that is coming forward about how they are being used.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:13:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33808 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

816863

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Forced Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted with (i) forcing someone to marry and (ii) the breach of a forced marriage protection order since the coming into force of the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	121290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for offences related to forced marriage, in England and Wales from 2014 to 2016, can be viewed in the table attached at Annex A.</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>Annex A:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts and found guilty at all courts for offences related to forced marriage, England and Wales, 2014 to 2016 <sup>(1)(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Forced marriage</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Breach of forced marriage protection order</p></td><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found guilty</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>'-' = Nil</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><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></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. Consequently, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(3) Offences under S120 (breach of protection orders) and 121 (forced marriage) Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ref: PQ 121290</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/01/2018 17:11:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

816944

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance were made by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	121371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The legal aid statistics published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice include figures on the volumes of new matters started. These figures are broken down by category of law, including asylum. The latest statistics, covering the period up until September 2017, are published at the following location <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. Statistics for the period October – December 2017 will be published on 29 March 2018 at the same location.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA does not hold information in relation to the volume of requests not granted, nor is it able to break down the data on asylum matters to isolate those relating to the “first instance procedure”.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 121372 121373 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:56:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury