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	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of recent trends in the number of court (a) staff and (b) closures on access to justice.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	908262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Providing effective access to justice is at the heart of all decisions the Government makes regarding our justice system. We are committed to making sure that our court and tribunal services can be accessed by those that need to do so.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS staffing levels are appropriate to make sure that effective access to justice is maintained.</p><p> </p><p>All court closures are subject to public consultation and the responses received are considered carefully before final decisions are made. Impact Assessments are published alongside the consultations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/12/2018 17:08:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1027771

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases involving a conviction on the grounds of joint enterprise have been referred to the Criminal Cases Review Commission since it was established; and of those cases how many people have been given leave to appeal.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	203454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Criminal Cases Review Commission have received 219 applications which they have categorised internally as a joint enterprise case. This categorisation only applies to applications received by the CCRC post the decision made by the Supreme Court in the case of <em>R v Jogee</em> [2016].</p><p> </p><p>Four cases have been referred to the Court of Appeal for further appeal.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/01/2019 15:30:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1027664

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress his Department has made in establishing what reforms to corporate liability for economic crime are necessary.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	uin	203211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>This is a complex area of the law and the public consultation produced a range of competing views, which the Department has been analysing carefully with teams across Government since the Call for Evidence closed. The Government’s response is expected to issue in 2019.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/01/2019 15:29:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1027466

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Economic Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to support the Home Office in tackling economic crime.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	908261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Our main contribution in helping to tackle economic crime is to run a world class court system that has a strong international reputation and enables highly complex crimes to be prosecuted.</p><p> </p><p>As well as that work, we are also active in scrutinising the law to see if anything needs to be changed to tackle economic crime. The Department carried out a Call for Evidence to examine the case for a change in the law in corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017 and intends publishing its response in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the creation of a new world class court facility in the City of London specialising in tackling cyber-crime, fraud and economic crime announced earlier this year. This will help reinforce the UK’s reputation as a world-leading legal centre ready to deal with the changing nature of 21st century crime.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 18/12/2018 17:07:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1027690

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Hammersmith
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much money his Department spent on the (a) planning brief, (b) marketing and (c) tendering process for Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	203281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>Details of HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service spend on (a) and (b) are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Planning Brief £96,600</p><p>Marketing £9,913.20</p><p> </p><p>Spending on the planning brief relates to the initial feasibility and design work in preparation for the pre-planning meeting.</p><p> </p><p>On (c) no money was spent on a tendering process for Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/12/2018 12:06:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1027691

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Hammersmith
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what bids were received for the sale of Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court; and whether those bids were based on the planning brief recommending the site for residential use.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	203282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>A total of 30 initial bids were received for the purchase of Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court.</p><p> </p><p>A shortlist of viable bids was considered against evaluation criteria that included an assessment of the deliverability of housing units.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/12/2018 12:08:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter