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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

886122

	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	Registered Intermediaries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had and with whom in response to the recommendations of the A Voice for the Voiceless: The Victims’ Commissioner’s Review into the Provision of Registered Intermediaries for Children and Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses, published in January 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	136317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>I would like to thank Baroness Newlove for her thorough review into the provision of Registered Intermediaries who provide an invaluable service, allowing those that may otherwise not be heard to fully participate in the criminal justice system. I understand that Baroness Newlove has been invited to meet with Minister Lucy Frazer to discuss the report in full.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2018 13:53:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey

886374

	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	Ministry of Justice: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which regulations his Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	136569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>My department has not introduced any regulations as a result of EU legislation since 23</p><p>June 2016.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, we do not expect to introduce further regulations.</p><p>In 2019, we expect to introduce one regulation. However, the exact number is subject to ongoing negotiations and the financial impact is unknown at this time.</p><p> </p><p>All regulations implementing EU legislation that have been introduced since 2013 and impact assessments, where available, can be found on <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 27/04/2018 13:50:25 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

886255

	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	Courts: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	136450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year</strong></p><p>Wantage Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year</strong></p><p>Aberdare County Court</p><p>Aberdare Magistrates Court</p><p>Abertillery Magistrates Court</p><p>Acton Magistrates Court</p><p>Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Amersham Magistrates Court</p><p>Ammanford Magistrates Court</p><p>Ashford County Court</p><p>Ashford Magistrates Court</p><p>Balham Youth Court</p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham Magistrates Court</p><p>Barry Magistrates Court</p><p>Batley &amp; Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland County Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court</p><p>Blandford Forum Magistrates Court</p><p>Blaydon Magistrates Court</p><p>Brentford Magistrates Court</p><p>Bridgwater Magistrates Court</p><p>Camborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Cardigan Magistrates Court</p><p>Cheltenham County Court</p><p>Chepstow County Court</p><p>Chepstow Magistrates Court</p><p>Chorley County Court</p><p>Cirencester Magistrates Court</p><p>Coalville Magistrates Court</p><p>Coleford Magistrates Court</p><p>Consett County Court</p><p>Cromer Magistrates Court</p><p>Daventry Magistrates Court</p><p>Dewsbury County Court</p><p>Didcot Magistrates Court</p><p>Ely Magistrates Court</p><p>Epping Magistrates Court</p><p>Epsom County Court</p><p>Epsom Magistrates Court</p><p>Evesham County Court</p><p>Flint Magistrates Court</p><p>Frome Magistrates Court</p><p>Goole County Court</p><p>Goole Magistrates Court</p><p>Gosforth Magistrates Court</p><p>Grantham County Court</p><p>Gravesend County Court</p><p>Grays Magistrates Court</p><p>Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court</p><p>Halesowen Magistrates Court</p><p>Harlow County Court</p><p>Harrow Magistrates Court</p><p>Haywards Heath County Court</p><p>Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court</p><p>Hitchin County Court</p><p>Honiton Magistrates Court</p><p>Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court</p><p>Huntingdon County Court</p><p>Ilford County Court</p><p>Ilkeston Magistrates Court</p><p>Keighley County Court</p><p>Kidderminster County Court</p><p>Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court</p><p>Knowsley Magistrates Court</p><p>Lewes Magistrates Court</p><p>Liskeard Magistrates Court</p><p>Llandovery Magistrates Court</p><p>Llangefni Magistrates Court</p><p>Llwynypia Magistrates Court</p><p>Lowestoft County Court (FPC)</p><p>Ludlow County Court</p><p>Ludlow Magistrates Court</p><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Drayton Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Harborough Magistrates Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray County Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court</p><p>Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court</p><p>Newark County Court</p><p>Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Newbury County Court</p><p>Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)</p><p>Oswestry County Court</p><p>Oswestry Magistrates Court</p><p>Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)</p><p>Penzance County Court</p><p>Penzance Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontypool County Court</p><p>Poole County Court</p><p>Pwllheli Magistrates Court</p><p>Rawtenstall County Court</p><p>Rawtenstall Magistrates Court</p><p>Redditch County Court</p><p>Retford Magistrates Court</p><p>Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Rugby County Court</p><p>Rugby Magistrates Court</p><p>Runcorn County Court</p><p>Rutland Magistrates Court</p><p>Salford County Court</p><p>Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Shrewsbury County Court</p><p>Sittingbourne Magistrates Court</p><p>Skegness County Court</p><p>Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court</p><p>Southport County Court</p><p>Stourbridge County Court</p><p>Stratford Upon Avon County Court</p><p>Sudbury Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Magistrates Court</p><p>Swaffham Magistrates Court</p><p>Tamworth County Court</p><p>Tamworth Magistrates Court</p><p>Thetford Magistrates Court</p><p>Totnes Magistrates Court</p><p>Towcester Magistrates Court</p><p>Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Wellingborough County Court</p><p>West Bromwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Whitehaven County Court</p><p>Whitehaven Magistrates Court</p><p>Wimborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Wisbech Magistrates Court</p><p>Witney Magistrates Court</p><p>Woking Magistrates Court</p><p>Woolwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Worksop County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year </strong></p><p>Burton Upon Trent County Court</p><p>Haringey Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontefract County Court</p><p>Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court</p><p>Selby Magistrates Court</p><p>Trowbridge County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year</strong></p><p>Abergavenny Magistrates' Court</p><p>Andover Magistrates Court</p><p>Denbigh Magistrates Court</p><p>North Liverpool Community Justice Centre</p><p>Tower Bridge Magistrates Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year</strong></p><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bracknell Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Tribunal</p><p>Knutsford Crown Court</p><p>Neath Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House</p><p>Spalding Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year</strong></p><p>Accrington County Court</p><p>Accrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>Aldershot &amp; Farnham County Court</p><p>Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal</p><p>Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge RPTS Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House</p><p>Chesterfield County Court</p><p>Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal</p><p>Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place</p><p>Epsom Tribunal</p><p>Harrogate County Court</p><p>Hereford County Court</p><p>Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House</p><p>Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court</p><p>Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court</p><p>Solihull Magistrates' Court</p><p>The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal</p><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court</p><p>Worksop Magistrates' Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year</strong></p><p>Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court</p><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)</p><p>Bournemouth Magistrates' Court</p><p>Brecon Law Courts</p><p>Bridgend Law Courts</p><p>Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Buxton Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Caerphilly Magistrates' Court</p><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p><p>Consett Magistrates' Court</p><p>Corby Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dartford Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dolgellau Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Doncaster County Court</p><p>Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined)</p><p>Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal</p><p>Fareham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Feltham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Gloucester Magistrates' Court</p><p>Grantham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Greenwich Magistrates' Court</p><p>Halifax County Court</p><p>Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)</p><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)</p><p>Hartlepool Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Hinckley Magistrates' Court</p><p>Kettering Magistrates' Court</p><p>King's Lynn County Court</p><p>Lowestoft Magistrates' Court</p><p>Macclesfield County Court</p><p>Macclesfield Magistrates' Court</p><p>Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal</p><p>Morpeth &amp; Berwick County Court</p><p>Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court</p><p>Oldham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Ormskirk Magistrates' Court</p><p>Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre</p><p>Pontypridd Magistrates' Court</p><p>Prestatyn Magistrates' Court</p><p>Redhill Magistrates' &amp; Reigate County Court</p><p>Rhyl County Court</p><p>Rotherham Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p><p>Sandwell Magistrates' Court</p><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Skegness Magistrates' Court</p><p>Southampton Barrack Block</p><p>St Helens Magistrates' Court</p><p>Stroud Magistrates' Court</p><p>Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)</p><p>Tameside Magistrates' &amp; County Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal</p><p>Tottenham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Trafford Magistrates' Court &amp; Altrincham County Court</p><p>Tunbridge Wells County Court</p><p>Wakefield &amp; Pontefract Magistrates' Court</p><p>Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Warrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)</p><p>Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)</p><p>Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)</p><p>Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)</p><p>Yeovil County Court</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136451 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886256

	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	Tribunals: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	uin	136451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year</strong></p><p>Wantage Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year</strong></p><p>Aberdare County Court</p><p>Aberdare Magistrates Court</p><p>Abertillery Magistrates Court</p><p>Acton Magistrates Court</p><p>Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Amersham Magistrates Court</p><p>Ammanford Magistrates Court</p><p>Ashford County Court</p><p>Ashford Magistrates Court</p><p>Balham Youth Court</p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham Magistrates Court</p><p>Barry Magistrates Court</p><p>Batley &amp; Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland County Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court</p><p>Blandford Forum Magistrates Court</p><p>Blaydon Magistrates Court</p><p>Brentford Magistrates Court</p><p>Bridgwater Magistrates Court</p><p>Camborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Cardigan Magistrates Court</p><p>Cheltenham County Court</p><p>Chepstow County Court</p><p>Chepstow Magistrates Court</p><p>Chorley County Court</p><p>Cirencester Magistrates Court</p><p>Coalville Magistrates Court</p><p>Coleford Magistrates Court</p><p>Consett County Court</p><p>Cromer Magistrates Court</p><p>Daventry Magistrates Court</p><p>Dewsbury County Court</p><p>Didcot Magistrates Court</p><p>Ely Magistrates Court</p><p>Epping Magistrates Court</p><p>Epsom County Court</p><p>Epsom Magistrates Court</p><p>Evesham County Court</p><p>Flint Magistrates Court</p><p>Frome Magistrates Court</p><p>Goole County Court</p><p>Goole Magistrates Court</p><p>Gosforth Magistrates Court</p><p>Grantham County Court</p><p>Gravesend County Court</p><p>Grays Magistrates Court</p><p>Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court</p><p>Halesowen Magistrates Court</p><p>Harlow County Court</p><p>Harrow Magistrates Court</p><p>Haywards Heath County Court</p><p>Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court</p><p>Hitchin County Court</p><p>Honiton Magistrates Court</p><p>Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court</p><p>Huntingdon County Court</p><p>Ilford County Court</p><p>Ilkeston Magistrates Court</p><p>Keighley County Court</p><p>Kidderminster County Court</p><p>Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court</p><p>Knowsley Magistrates Court</p><p>Lewes Magistrates Court</p><p>Liskeard Magistrates Court</p><p>Llandovery Magistrates Court</p><p>Llangefni Magistrates Court</p><p>Llwynypia Magistrates Court</p><p>Lowestoft County Court (FPC)</p><p>Ludlow County Court</p><p>Ludlow Magistrates Court</p><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Drayton Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Harborough Magistrates Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray County Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court</p><p>Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court</p><p>Newark County Court</p><p>Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Newbury County Court</p><p>Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)</p><p>Oswestry County Court</p><p>Oswestry Magistrates Court</p><p>Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)</p><p>Penzance County Court</p><p>Penzance Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontypool County Court</p><p>Poole County Court</p><p>Pwllheli Magistrates Court</p><p>Rawtenstall County Court</p><p>Rawtenstall Magistrates Court</p><p>Redditch County Court</p><p>Retford Magistrates Court</p><p>Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Rugby County Court</p><p>Rugby Magistrates Court</p><p>Runcorn County Court</p><p>Rutland Magistrates Court</p><p>Salford County Court</p><p>Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Shrewsbury County Court</p><p>Sittingbourne Magistrates Court</p><p>Skegness County Court</p><p>Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court</p><p>Southport County Court</p><p>Stourbridge County Court</p><p>Stratford Upon Avon County Court</p><p>Sudbury Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Magistrates Court</p><p>Swaffham Magistrates Court</p><p>Tamworth County Court</p><p>Tamworth Magistrates Court</p><p>Thetford Magistrates Court</p><p>Totnes Magistrates Court</p><p>Towcester Magistrates Court</p><p>Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Wellingborough County Court</p><p>West Bromwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Whitehaven County Court</p><p>Whitehaven Magistrates Court</p><p>Wimborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Wisbech Magistrates Court</p><p>Witney Magistrates Court</p><p>Woking Magistrates Court</p><p>Woolwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Worksop County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year </strong></p><p>Burton Upon Trent County Court</p><p>Haringey Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontefract County Court</p><p>Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court</p><p>Selby Magistrates Court</p><p>Trowbridge County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year</strong></p><p>Abergavenny Magistrates' Court</p><p>Andover Magistrates Court</p><p>Denbigh Magistrates Court</p><p>North Liverpool Community Justice Centre</p><p>Tower Bridge Magistrates Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year</strong></p><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bracknell Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Tribunal</p><p>Knutsford Crown Court</p><p>Neath Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House</p><p>Spalding Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year</strong></p><p>Accrington County Court</p><p>Accrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>Aldershot &amp; Farnham County Court</p><p>Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal</p><p>Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge RPTS Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House</p><p>Chesterfield County Court</p><p>Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal</p><p>Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place</p><p>Epsom Tribunal</p><p>Harrogate County Court</p><p>Hereford County Court</p><p>Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House</p><p>Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court</p><p>Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court</p><p>Solihull Magistrates' Court</p><p>The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal</p><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court</p><p>Worksop Magistrates' Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year</strong></p><p>Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court</p><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)</p><p>Bournemouth Magistrates' Court</p><p>Brecon Law Courts</p><p>Bridgend Law Courts</p><p>Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Buxton Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Caerphilly Magistrates' Court</p><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p><p>Consett Magistrates' Court</p><p>Corby Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dartford Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dolgellau Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Doncaster County Court</p><p>Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined)</p><p>Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal</p><p>Fareham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Feltham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Gloucester Magistrates' Court</p><p>Grantham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Greenwich Magistrates' Court</p><p>Halifax County Court</p><p>Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)</p><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)</p><p>Hartlepool Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Hinckley Magistrates' Court</p><p>Kettering Magistrates' Court</p><p>King's Lynn County Court</p><p>Lowestoft Magistrates' Court</p><p>Macclesfield County Court</p><p>Macclesfield Magistrates' Court</p><p>Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal</p><p>Morpeth &amp; Berwick County Court</p><p>Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court</p><p>Oldham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Ormskirk Magistrates' Court</p><p>Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre</p><p>Pontypridd Magistrates' Court</p><p>Prestatyn Magistrates' Court</p><p>Redhill Magistrates' &amp; Reigate County Court</p><p>Rhyl County Court</p><p>Rotherham Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p><p>Sandwell Magistrates' Court</p><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Skegness Magistrates' Court</p><p>Southampton Barrack Block</p><p>St Helens Magistrates' Court</p><p>Stroud Magistrates' Court</p><p>Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)</p><p>Tameside Magistrates' &amp; County Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal</p><p>Tottenham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Trafford Magistrates' Court &amp; Altrincham County Court</p><p>Tunbridge Wells County Court</p><p>Wakefield &amp; Pontefract Magistrates' Court</p><p>Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Warrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)</p><p>Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)</p><p>Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)</p><p>Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)</p><p>Yeovil County Court</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136450 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886180

	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	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number people living in poverty who are not eligible for legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	136375
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to answer these questions. This is because eligibility for legal aid is determined by the applicant’s financial means as well as the merits and circumstances of their case.</p><p>Legal aid eligibility is a crucial way in which the government protects the legal aid fund for those who need it most while balancing this with cost to the taxpayer. As announced by the Lord Chancellor, we are conducting a review of legal aid reforms and plan to take this opportunity to inform wider consideration on the future of legal support in the justice system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136377 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:05:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

886182

	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	Legal Aid Scheme: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of disabled people living in poverty who are not eligible for legal aid.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	136377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to answer these questions. This is because eligibility for legal aid is determined by the applicant’s financial means as well as the merits and circumstances of their case.</p><p>Legal aid eligibility is a crucial way in which the government protects the legal aid fund for those who need it most while balancing this with cost to the taxpayer. As announced by the Lord Chancellor, we are conducting a review of legal aid reforms and plan to take this opportunity to inform wider consideration on the future of legal support in the justice system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136375 question first answered 01/05/2018 16:05:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

886183

	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	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the legal aid means test threshold was last reviewed; and when the next review is due to take place.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	136378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The civil and criminal means tests were last reviewed and uprated in 2008 and 2009 respectively, however both are evaluated by the government on an ongoing basis. The means test is a crucial way in which the government protects legal aid for those who need it most while balancing this with cost to the taxpayer.</p><p>As announced by the Lord Chancellor, we are conducting a review of legal aid reforms and plan to take this opportunity to inform wider consideration on the future of legal support in the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 15:50:05 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

886185

	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	Tribunals: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March to Question 130227, on courts: video conferencing, how many hours of tribunal time are planned to be assessed during that evaluation.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	136380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>We are currently holding a pilot within the tax chamber which allows both appellants and HMRC to join a fully video hearing from their own location and using their own equipment, using newly developed web based software. We have commissioned an independent academic evaluation which will give us insight into the way people engage with the system, identify what is working well and what needs to be improved.</p><p>It is planned that 24 cases will be heard during the video hearings pilot for an estimated total of 48 hours.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2018 16:54:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon