To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 4 of the document
entitled HM Courts & Tribunals Service Citizen User Experience Research, published
in June 2018, which states that some groups were excluded: immigration tribunals,
criminal defendants, jurors, high court cases and restraining order or Domestic Violence
Protection Order cases, whether he will take steps to survey the user experience of
those groups to (a) understand their experience as they engage with the court system
and (b) to help ensure equal access to justice.
<p>The Ministry of Justice is to undertake an overarching evaluation of the Reform
programme to understand the effect of reform on access to justice. This will include
surveys of court users across criminal, civil, family, and tribunal jurisdictions.
An interim report is expected in Summer 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the overarching
evaluation was published in the Ministry of Justice response to the Public Accounts
Committee's fourth recommendation in its report Transforming courts and tribunals,
in February 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/moj-response-to-public-accounts-committee-transforming-courts-and-tribunals"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/moj-response-to-public-accounts-committee-transforming-courts-and-tribunals</a></p><p>
</p><p>In July 2019, the Ministry published further information on the progress of
the evaluation, including details of the advisory panel that has been established
for the evaluation: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/response-to-public-accounts-committee-transforming-courts-and-tribunals"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/response-to-public-accounts-committee-transforming-courts-and-tribunals</a></p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019
to Question 263790 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform, whether the academic
research for evaluation of reform was made publicly available; and what plans he has
for further research on that topic in the current financial year.
<p>The following academic research for evaluation of reform is publicly available:</p><p>
</p><p>Research on the Citizen User Experience: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research</a></p><p>
</p><p>London School of Economics evaluation of video hearings in the First-tier Tribunal
(Tax Chamber):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation</a></p><p>
</p><p>We expect to publish the research on the Professional User Experience and on
Social Security and Child Support appellants’ digital capability within the next six
months.</p><p> </p><p>Flexible Operating Hours is an ongoing project and we anticipate
that research will be published upon completion. On 19<sup>th</sup> July, the evaluation
plan for the HMCTS flexible operating hours pilot was published and is available here:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government has committed to undertake an overarching evaluation of the
courts and tribunals modernisation programme. This will take into account existing
data and management information, and further qualitative and quantitative research
which we are planning to commission for the evaluation. We are planning to begin commissioning
for this research shortly. We are aiming to publish the interim report of our evaluation
during the course of the reform programme in 2021, and we will publish a final evaluation
report following completion of the programme.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019
to Question 263790 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform, whether the (a) content
of and (b) responses to the Social Security and Child Support digital capability survey
will be made publicly available.
<p>The following academic research for evaluation of reform is publicly available:</p><p>
</p><p>Research on the Citizen User Experience: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research</a></p><p>
</p><p>London School of Economics evaluation of video hearings in the First-tier Tribunal
(Tax Chamber):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation</a></p><p>
</p><p>We expect to publish the research on the Professional User Experience and on
Social Security and Child Support appellants’ digital capability within the next six
months.</p><p> </p><p>Flexible Operating Hours is an ongoing project and we anticipate
that research will be published upon completion. On 19<sup>th</sup> July, the evaluation
plan for the HMCTS flexible operating hours pilot was published and is available here:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Government has committed to undertake an overarching evaluation of the
courts and tribunals modernisation programme. This will take into account existing
data and management information, and further qualitative and quantitative research
which we are planning to commission for the evaluation. We are planning to begin commissioning
for this research shortly. We are aiming to publish the interim report of our evaluation
during the course of the reform programme in 2021, and we will publish a final evaluation
report following completion of the programme.</p>