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828317

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to reduce the number of cases in which people are repeatedly compelled to appear in a family court due to action by a former partner.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	903500
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Using court processes to further abuse is completely unacceptable. Family courts have the power to act if they see evidence of this.</p><p>The court can strike out any action it views as an abuse of process or issue an order restricting the litigant’s ability to continue with further applications or claims.</p><p>New family court rules were introduced in November to make sure vulnerable court users get the support they need in the courtroom.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/01/2018 17:31:51 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

837358

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Juries: Translation Services
	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 people who are selected for jury service have full access to translation services if they do not understand English.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	126477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2018 answer text <p>Persons summoned for jury service who would require any type of third party assistance within the deliberating room such as a language interpreter are discharged from jury service. The Juries Act 1974 provides for the judge to discharge a jury summons if there is doubt as to the capacity of the person summoned to act effectively as a juror on account of their insufficient understanding of English.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/02/2018 17:08:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

837758

	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	Juries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department provides to people selected for jury service to ensure that they understand their duties as jurors.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	126789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>There is a range of guidance material available to jurors.</p><p> </p><p>Upon confirming their jury service, jurors are sent an information pack, which, alongside practical information, includes a booklet called, ‘Your Guide to Jury Service’ which sets out what happens during jury service and what is expected of a juror. This booklet is also available online.</p><p> </p><p>All jurors are shown a short film entitled, ‘Your Role as a Juror’ on their first day of jury service which explains what they should expect and what their role is. This is also available online.</p><p> </p><p>Once summoned, a juror can contact the Jury Central Summoning Bureau if they are unsure of any aspect of their jury service, or once at court can speak to court staff. Further information and guidance for jurors can also be found on the gov.uk website.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord Chief Justice has recently introduced a new notice to be handed to jurors when they are sworn in which details their legal responsibilities and the possible penalties of failing to adhere to them. The new notice is being rolled out on a staged basis across all Crown Court centres with a view to completion in 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/02/2018 13:27:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

917248

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2018
	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	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of pay for criminal legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	905598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Those who undertake criminal legal aid work play an important role in our justice system. It is right that those who represent people, often at their most vulnerable, are paid appropriately for the work that they do and we continue to liaise with the legal profession on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/06/2018 17:00:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

882745

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Single Justice Procedure.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	135807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We have been monitoring the operation of the Single Justice Procedure since its introduction in 2015 and subsequent roll out across England and Wales. We will continue to monitor this as we develop new means for the public to engage with the criminal court system.</p><p> </p><p>The proportion of total cases completed through the Single Justice Procedure has steadily increased in each quarter since its introduction. The procedure has been well received among magistrates and legal advisers and all 43 police forces now use this procedure, as well as a number of local authorities, the TV Licensing authority and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to providing a policy review five years after implementation (in 2021).</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

882747

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Environmental Protection Act 1990: North Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of fines imposed in North Wales under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 have been successfully collected in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	135809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service systems capture data on the total amount of financial imposition but do not break that information down by offence type. It is not therefore possible to provide the information requested without incurring disproportionate cost. A manual search of all current financial penalty accounts would be required for the period specified to determine the number of fines imposed in North Wales under the Environment Protection Act 1990 and the proportions of these successfully collected.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

895577

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Gurpal Virdi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which public bodies have obtained a transcript of the trial of Gurpal Virdi at Southwark Crown Court.
	tabling member constituency	Worthing West
	tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
	uin	139922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>Transcripts of Crown Court proceedings, where requested, are produced by third party transcription companies.</p><p> </p><p>Checks of the relevant transcription companies indicate that no transcript of the entire trial has been provided to a public body, although a transcript of one day of the hearing (31 July 2015) was requested by the Metropolitan Police on 28 October 2015.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/05/2018 10:41:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

911075

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have been discharged from detention following a First-Tier Mental Health Tribunal (a) paper and (b) oral hearing in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	147857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The First-Tier Mental Health Tribunal does not centrally record the outcomes of tribunal hearings broken down by whether the case was considered on paper or at an oral hearing. Therefore, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, in 2017/18 cases considered on paper composed 2.5% of all hearings in the tribunal.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/06/2018 11:33:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

911076

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has consulted people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 on proposals by the Tribunal Procedure Committee to give First-Tier Mental Health Tribunals the power to take decisions without an oral hearing where a patient has been automatically referred to a tribunal.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	147858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>When the Tribunal Procedure Committee published the consultation, it was sent to key mental health organisations including MIND, Rethink, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Mental Health Foundation and Mental Health UK so they could consider the proposals and reflect the experience of those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not carried out such an assessment of the Committee’s proposal to abolish pre-hearing examinations but awaits the outcome of the consultation. If the Committee decides to make any changes to the rules, the Lord Chancellor will consider the potential impact of those changes before deciding whether to allow the proposed changes to be implemented.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 147859 question first answered 04/06/2018 09:54:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

911077

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Appeals
	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 effect of proposals by the Tribunal Procedure Committee to abolish pre-hearing examinations in the First-Tier Mental Health Tribunal on the United Kingdom’s compliance with Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	147859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>When the Tribunal Procedure Committee published the consultation, it was sent to key mental health organisations including MIND, Rethink, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Mental Health Foundation and Mental Health UK so they could consider the proposals and reflect the experience of those detained under the Mental Health Act 1983.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has not carried out such an assessment of the Committee’s proposal to abolish pre-hearing examinations but awaits the outcome of the consultation. If the Committee decides to make any changes to the rules, the Lord Chancellor will consider the potential impact of those changes before deciding whether to allow the proposed changes to be implemented.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 147858 question first answered 04/06/2018 09:54:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley