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1151372

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Pleural Plaques: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to re-establish the right to compensation for people in England and Wales who developed pleural plaques as a result of exposure to asbestos.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	3639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to reopen the pleural plaques compensation scheme, which operated between 2 August 2010 and 1 August 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme operated as an extra-statutory one, making £5000 payments on an ex-gratia basis to applicants who fulfilled the scheme’s criteria, namely that they were individuals who had begun, but not resolved, a legal claim for compensation for pleural plaques at the time of the House of Lords ruling in October 2007 in the case of Rothwell v Chemical &amp; Insulating Co Ltd [2007] UKHL 39. That ruling had held that the occurrence of pleural plaques is not a compensatable disease.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility for the scheme was limited to that category of people as they would have had an understandable expectation of receiving compensation when they began their claim, an expectation which would not have been shared by those diagnosed later.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/10/2019 17:54:39 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1350855

	registered interest
	date	18/08/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	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 (a) tackle delays with probate applications and (b) improve communication between probate offices and applicants.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	40870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>The most recently published information regarding combined waiting times for a grant of probate, on paper and digital cases, covers January 2021 to March 2021 and is published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly (Table 25):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2021</a></p><p>Despite the unprecedented challenges faced by the probate service during the Covid 19 pandemic, and as a result of HMCTS increasing resources to meet demand, the average length of time taken for a grant of probate following receipt of the documents required has been maintained at between four to six weeks.</p><p>HMCTS continues to listen to user feedback and to invest in the improvement of the online Probate system to make it more accessible and easier for applicants to understand.</p><p>Improvements have also been made to communication routes. As of March 2020, all calls are now answered by the Courts &amp; Tribunals Service Centres, which are equipped with modern technology to monitor performance levels and make improvements to the service being offered.</p><p>Contact channels and operating hours have also been extended to meet user needs meaning the service can now be contacted via:</p><ul><li>webchat available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/apply-for-probate" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/applying-for-probate/apply-for-probate</a> (Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm and Saturday 8am to 2pm).</li><li>telephone on 0300 303 0648 (Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 8am to 2pm).</li><li>email at contactprobate@justice.gov.uk</li></ul><p>For professional users, real time information about the progress of digital cases can now be obtained via the online Probate service without the need to contact HMCTS.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 10/09/2021 11:17:47 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1584876

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Rehabilitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to help support prisoners reintegrate into society.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	141414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2023 answer text <p>Effective resettlement of prison leavers is a core part of our efforts to reduce re-offending. This includes making sure someone has a home, family links where appropriate, access to healthcare, a job or further education, and/or access to benefits.</p><p>We know that employment reduces the chance of reoffending significantly, by up to nine percentage points. The proportion of prisoners released from custody employed at six months rose by almost two thirds between April 2021 and March 2022. That is an increase of nine percentage points, from 14% to 23%.</p><p>We also know that supporting prisoners to tackle addictions is important to reduce reoffending. MoJ is investing up to £120m to support more offenders into treatment – including increasing the number of Incentivised Substance Free Living units to up to 100, and establishing up to 18 new, abstinence-only Drug Recovery Wings.</p><p>Our temporary accommodation service is designed to ensure that prison leavers at risk of homelessness have a stable base on release, improving their opportunities for employment.</p><p>The introduction of Resettlement Passports will bring together the key information and services that are needed to resettle in the community, such as bank accounts, CVs and identity documents to prove the right to work and rent.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 15/02/2023 16:38:53 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

348915

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Missing Persons: Guardianship
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department will publish the legislation proposed in its response to its consultation on the Guardianship of the property and affairs of missing persons, published on 23 March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	1400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>My Department is working to prepare the legislation necessary to create the new legal status of guardian of the property and affairs of a missing person. We are grateful for the continued assistance in this work of the charity, Missing People, and its pro bono lawyers, Clifford Chance. We will bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/06/2015 15:08:27 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

432025

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Pregnancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he has taken of trends in reports of pregnancy discrimination as in his review into employment tribunal fees.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	17481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>On 11 June we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The review will consider, so far as is possible, the impact the fees have had on those with protected characteristics and the types of case they bring. In order to do this, we will be giving all relevant material the appropriate consideration.</p><p>The review is underway and will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/11/2015 16:39:11 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

519322

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Missing Persons: Guardianship
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals on the guardianship of the property and affairs of missing people.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	37272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to my hon. Friend the Member for Thirsk and Malton on 9 March 2016, which can be found at <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-03-01/29212/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-03-01/29212/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 24/05/2016 13:59:58 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

523599

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Small Claims
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reason the Government is proposing to raise the small claims limit to £5000 rather than to £3000.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	39716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to crack down on the compensation culture and has announced reforms, including raising the small claims limit, to tackle the problem. These reforms will build on previous measures taken by the MoJ to control costs, tackle fraud, strengthen the medical evidence process and reduce incentives to pursue trivial whiplash claims. £5,000 is considered to be the appropriate level for the small claims limit and the rationale for this will be set out in the consultation document which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/06/2016 15:02:45 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

886320

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Modernisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to modernise prison buildings.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	136515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government set out its ambition for a reformed prison estate in the November 2016 Prison Safety and Reform White Paper including announcing building modern prisons on the sites of the former HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Glen Parva and HM Prison Wellingborough. Through the Ministry of Justice’s prison estate transformation programme we are getting the basics right by building decent prisons to improve rehabilitation and create safe and secure environments for staff and offenders. We will close prisons that cannot provide decent facilities, are expensive to operate and/or maintain; reinvesting savings into the maintenance or enhancement of the prisons in the estate.</p><p> </p><p>On 22 March 2017 the Government announced plans, subject to planning approvals, value for money and affordability, to build four modern prisons: adjacent to HM Prison Full Sutton in Yorkshire, Port Talbot in Neath and redevelop HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Rochester in Kent and HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley, in Greater Manchester. Construction of a new 202 place houseblock at HMP Stocken, in Rutland is already underway. This will be ready for use from December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have been made about prison closures other than those already announced.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 136520 question first answered 16/05/2018 16:48:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

886325

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to close older prison facilities and open new ones over the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	136520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government set out its ambition for a reformed prison estate in the November 2016 Prison Safety and Reform White Paper including announcing building modern prisons on the sites of the former HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Glen Parva and HM Prison Wellingborough. Through the Ministry of Justice’s prison estate transformation programme we are getting the basics right by building decent prisons to improve rehabilitation and create safe and secure environments for staff and offenders. We will close prisons that cannot provide decent facilities, are expensive to operate and/or maintain; reinvesting savings into the maintenance or enhancement of the prisons in the estate.</p><p> </p><p>On 22 March 2017 the Government announced plans, subject to planning approvals, value for money and affordability, to build four modern prisons: adjacent to HM Prison Full Sutton in Yorkshire, Port Talbot in Neath and redevelop HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Rochester in Kent and HM Prison and Young Offender Institution Hindley, in Greater Manchester. Construction of a new 202 place houseblock at HMP Stocken, in Rutland is already underway. This will be ready for use from December 2018.</p><p> </p><p>No decisions have been made about prison closures other than those already announced.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 136515 question first answered 16/05/2018 16:48:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1170936

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people (a) applied for and (b) were granted civil legal aid in York in (a) 2009-10 and (b) each subsequent year.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	3843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors the number of applications for public funding, as opposed to the number of discrete individuals who have received legal aid; one person may apply for legal aid on more than one occasion.</p><p>The figures below show the number of applications received and those subsequently granted for Civil Representation by providers located within the York Local Authority area. Please note that location data is based upon the solicitor’s office, rather than the address of the applicant. Individuals who reside within York may choose to access legal aid at a firm based in another location, and vice versa.</p><p>Where an application is ‘not granted’, this may be for a variety of reasons, including administrative (e.g. where information is missing or forms are not signed), or where the applicant does not meet the legal or financial tests to be eligible for public funding.</p><p>Solicitors are responsible for decisions on whether to grant funding under the ‘Legal Help’ scheme of civil legal aid, and therefore data on unsuccessful applications for this type of public funding are not available. Information on those cases opened under ‘Legal Help’ is published at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/853445/legal-aid-statistics-civil-starts-provider-location-data-to-sep-2019.csv" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/853445/legal-aid-statistics-civil-starts-provider-location-data-to-sep-2019.csv</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Granted</p></td><td><p>Not Granted</p></td><td><p>Total Applications</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>949</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011</p></td><td><p>694</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>895</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>659</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>758</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>593</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>479</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>462</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>569</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-2019</p></td><td><p>616</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>637</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/01/2020 15:19:42 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell