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100231

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases (a) magistrates' courts and (b) the Crown courts received in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	211296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of proceedings held at magistrates’ court and at crown court in each year since 2010 are published on the Ministry of Justice website and can be viewed at the following link:-</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358650/court-statistics-main-tables-april-june-2014.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/358650/court-statistics-main-tables-april-june-2014.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of cases received by the magistrates' courts can be found in table 3.1 and the number of cases received by the Crown Court can be found in table 3.3.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 17:59:05 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

114906

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in the number of people employed at magistrates' courts has been in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	213482
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The table provides the total reduction of staff by FTE since 2010<strong>.</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Total reduction of staff by FTE in magistrates’ court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>2010-2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>461.79</p></td><td><p>743.45</p></td><td><p>383.84</p></td><td><p>310.30</p></td><td><p>1,899.38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The reduction in HM Courts and Tribunals staff in magistrates’ courts over the period shown has been driven by the falling workload in the magistrates’ court and by efficiency savings made by the Courts Service.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2014 18:11:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

142288

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	High Court
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which of his policies or measures have been deemed unlawful by the High Courts in the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	213688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>Without incurring disproportionate cost it is not readily possible to distinguish those judicial review cases which were successfully brought against specific policies or measures from the total number of judicial review cases which were successfully brought against the Ministry of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>My letter dated 7 January 2015 answering Question 211301 (accessible on www.parliament.uk) sets out the numbers of cases successfully and unsuccessfully brought against the Ministry of Justice in each year from 2010 to 2012.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/01/2015 11:42:07 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

147620

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many contracts signed by his Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	214012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is not collated centrally. However, since January 2011, as part of the Government’s transparency programme, details of procurement opportunities, tender documents and contracts worth over £10,000 are published online on Contracts Finder (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>).</p><p> </p><p>The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) also publishes details of its contracts on its website (<a href="http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://ccs.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/</a>).</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/11/2014 17:42:34 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

155547

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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 much has been paid to each of the 50 highest (a) barrister and (b) chambers beneficiaries of criminal legal aid payments in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	214194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2014 answer text <p>In relation to barristers, a statistical publication was released on 2 January 2014 which is available at <a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legal-aid-statistics-barrister-fee-income-from-public-sources-201213</a>. This contains information for the financial year 2012/13 on the data and methodology used and includes payments from both the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Legal Aid Agency (LAA).</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below contains LAA statistics for 2012-13 as per the published statistics, but covering criminal legal aid only, excluding non-criminal legal aid and CPS payments, with ranking from 1-50.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to chambers, the Ministry of Justice does not hold the information that has been requested. The LAA does hold an address for each barrister but does not record as routine which chambers they work at as there is no legal or business requirement for it to do so, and each barrister can work for multiple chambers during their working life.</p><p> </p><p /> <p /> <p><strong>Table 1:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ranking</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Criminal legal aid only (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>675,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>600,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>510,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>500,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>460,369</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>450,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>446,125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>438,651</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>417,026</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>399,925</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>395,403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>382,475</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>372,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>366,826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>354,402</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>351,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>346,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>340,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>339,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>334,514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>332,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>328,094</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>327,746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>326,788</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>321,712</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>308,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>305,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>304,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>297,262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>293,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>292,659</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>289,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>286,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>286,473</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>283,589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>281,936</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>278,917</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>38</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>277,595</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>39</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>277,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>277,267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>41</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>272,368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>43</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>269,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>268,319</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>267,163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>267,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>47</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>266,675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>48</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>266,505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>49</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>266,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>266,058</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/12/2014 18:14:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

155550

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	214254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice uses an in-house data-handling system to log correspondence and assign it to the appropriate team for a response. The team that coordinates responses to the majority of correspondence gather briefly each day to manage their workload. This can involve suggestions from team members for improving processes, including logging. They meet more formally once a month, when improvements can also be proposed. The team meets once a fortnight with Ministers' private offices to review how correspondence is handled and issues monthly management information to members of the senior civil service responsible for correspondence handling in their teams, to focus on performance.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has a 15 working-day target to respond to Members. Guidance on handling correspondence from Members of Parliament, Peers, MEPs and Members of devolved Administrations is available online at the following link - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/61196/guide-handling-gov-correspondence.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/12/2014 17:48:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155623

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Motherwell and Wishaw
	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 applicants for personal independence payments in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency appealed their personal independence payment decision between June 2013 and June 2014; and how many appeals were submitted for disability living allowance between June 2012 and June 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Roy
	uin	214354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits, including a person’s entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of individuals living in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency who applied for PIP and the outcomes of those applications, between April 2013 and July 2014, can be found in published DWP statistics available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-april-2013-to-july-2014.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS does not keep data on the proportion of benefit claimants who choose to appeal the DWP’s final decision. In the period June 2013 to June 2014, 61 PIP appeals were lodged in the Tribunal venue in Hamilton which serves appellants living in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency and other nearby locations.</p><p> </p><p>Between June 2012 and June 2013 966 appeals against decisions made by DWP on claims for DLA were lodged at the Hamilton venue.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/01/2015 15:31:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	626 label Biography information for Mr Frank Roy

156031

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been paid in reimbursable expenses to special advisers in his Department in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	214701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The attached table sets out the total expenses paid to the Special Advisers in the Department in each year from 2010. This is drawn from a search of records held, including the Ministry of Justice online system for claiming travel and subsistence expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>These expenses were necessarily incurred in the course of official business (including accompanying Ministers on visits and other engagements), in line with our policies.</p><p> </p><p>Records of expenses claimed by Special Advisers prior to April 2010 are not held.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/11/2014 17:47:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 214701 table.xls title Expenses of Special Advisers
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

156044

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for legal aid the Director of Legal Aid Casework has (a) granted and (b) refused for adoption cases in (i) Wales and (ii) Newport East constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	214609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>In the financial year 2013/14, there were 449 applications for Legal Aid funding for adoption proceedings in Wales. Of these, 439 have been granted, and none have been refused to date. None of these applications were received from the constituency of Newport East.</p><p> </p><p>In determining this response, location has been determined according to the location of the office of the provider of Legal Aid.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 13/01/2015 10:03:34 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

156051

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish all correspondence between Ministers and officials in his Department and the UK Statistics Authority since May 2010 relating to questioning or correcting of numerical information and of statements made by Ministers and officials in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	214814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>All official correspondence to or from the UK Statistics Authority and a record of issues raised with the Authority are publicly available on its website and can be viewed via this link: <a title="http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports---correspondence/index.html" href="http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports---correspondence/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/reports---correspondence/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Additionally, as part of its monitoring and assessment function, the Authority publishes all assessment reports and reports on breaches of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics. These are available via this link: <a href="http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/about-monitoring-and-assessment/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/assessment/about-monitoring-and-assessment/index.html</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/11/2014 17:35:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter