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44820

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the EU as a legal personality is currently negotiating co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	193454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer to the response provided by the Minister for Europe on 24 March [PQ 191707 Col 70W]. In addition, JHA agreements have been concluded between the EU and Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government, which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

44821

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with which countries the EU as a legal personality has concluded co-operation agreements in the field of justice and home affairs.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	193455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>I refer to the response provided by the Minister for Europe on 24 March [PQ 191707 Col 70W]. In addition, JHA agreements have been concluded between the EU and Brazil, Ukraine and Moldova during the course of this Government, which build on the borders and immigration aspects of the Schengen system, in which the UK does not participate.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

45335

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his article published in the Daily Mail on 6 September 2013, what the evidential basis was for his statement that countless left-wing campaigners are using the judicial review system as a promotional tool.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	193822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The rationale for the Government's reforms is set out in ‘Judicial review: further proposals for reform – the Government response' (<a href="https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review" target="_blank">https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review</a>). The Government is determined to improve the judicial review process so that it is not open to abuse and arguable cases can proceed quickly to final resolution.</p><p> </p><p>Most of the Government's reforms to judicial review are being taken forward through the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill which will be subject to the full and proper scrutiny of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 3889 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48632

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who has been invited to join the two sub-groups set up to support the main working group looking at the implementation of reforms to reduce the cost of personal injury compensation following a road traffic accident.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

47322

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Temporary staff can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not available inhouse. They are only used for short term appointments where there is a strong business case, such as support for Transforming Rehabilitation and other major reform programmes within the MoJ.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has spent the following on the provision of service with (a) Capita, (b) Brook Street, (c) Hays PLC (d) Groupe Steria and (e) Certes Holdings in the Financial Year 2013/14. Spend is exclusive of VAT.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Financial Year 2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>£26,411,523.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brook Street</p></td><td><p>£24,514,489.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hays PLC</p></td><td><p>£16,548,878.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Groupe Steria</p></td><td><p>£3,000,763.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Certes Holdings</p></td><td><p>£712,948.27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The approval process on expenditure has been tightened in recent years. All requirements over £20,000 must have departmental approval from the Director General of Finance.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47668

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which firm had its award of a contract to provide publicly-funded immigration services withdrawn in the 2010 tender round.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	195845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>These questions relate to ongoing litigation against the Lord Chancellor and in the circumstances it would be inappropriate to respond at the current time.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 195843 195844 195846 196221 question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

47319

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice can provide spend for the provision of services with the top ten consultancy firms for 11 months of the last financial year (13/14) as March 2014 spend is not yet available. All spend is exclusive of VAT. The below table shows the top ten suppliers for consultancy for 2013/2014 and spend.</p><p> </p><p>Consultants can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not available inhouse. Consultancy spend is governed by strict Cabinet Office controls and any spend over £20k requires approval by the departmental board on behalf of the Secretaryof State.Consultancy contracts in excess of nine months require further approval by the Cabinet Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/2014 YTD</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS</strong></p></td><td><p>£8,617,495.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>ERNST &amp; YOUNG GLOBAL LIMITED</strong></p></td><td><p>£5,870,242.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>PA CONSULTING GROUP LIMITED</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,200,003.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><strong>MCKINSEY &amp; CO INC. UNITED KINGDOM</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,596,675.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><strong>ALLEN &amp; OVERY LLP</strong></p></td><td><p>£765,883.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>CAPGEMINI S.A.</strong></p></td><td><p>£723,189.07</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p><strong>METHODS CONSULTING LTD</strong></p></td><td><p>£364,726.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><strong>BIRD &amp; BIRD</strong></p></td><td><p>£312,387.78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>PINSENT MASONS</strong></p></td><td><p>£161,134.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>REGENCY IT CONSULTING</strong></p></td><td><p>£116,805.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47304

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether police reports to coroners' inquests are available to the connected parties; what the cost is of supplying such reports; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	195543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Rules 12 to 15 of the Coroners (Inquests) Rules 2013 (<a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1616/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1616/contents/made</a>) provide for a coroner, on request, to disclose relevant documents to ‘interested persons' in the coroner's investigation, subject to specified restrictions. This may include reports that police provide to the coroner.</p><p> </p><p>Rule 16 of the Rules provides that a coroner may not charge a fee for any document disclosed before or during an inquest. Regulation 12 of the Coroners Allowances, Fees and Expenses Regulations 2013 (<a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1615/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1615/contents/made</a>) sets out the fees that coroners may charge for disclosure after an inquest.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have operational responsibility for coroners so do not hold data on the costs to coroners of supplying documents and there would be disproportionate costs for both MoJ and coroners in obtaining it. This is because we would need to approach each coroner to ask them to investigate and advise MoJ of the costs to them of disclosing police reports to interested persons.</p><p> </p><p>The Rules minimise disclosure costs for coroners by providing for electronic disclosure where appropriate, and for a coroner to disclose a bundle of relevant documents together, where this is more efficient. Paragraphs 117 to 126 of the Chief Coroner's Guide to the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (<a href="http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/coroners/guidance/chief-coroners-guide-to-act-sept2013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/coroners/guidance/chief-coroners-guide-to-act-sept2013.pdf</a>) explain this in more detail.</p><p> </p><p>The coroner provisions in the 2009 Act were implemented in July 2013 and we have undertaken to review their impact after 18 months.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

45464

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	194044
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Arrangements of this sort are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

48626

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
	uin	196769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not currently have any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system. However arrangements of this sort are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice