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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

1234574

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are in the backlog of the York Criminal Court; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the case backlog at that court since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	90181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>Outstanding cases in York have been on a downward trend since 2015 until 2019. The downward trend during this period reflects a reduction in receipts along with additional sitting days for York work which have been sat in Leeds.</p><p>York Crown Court is a listed building that houses two Crown Courtrooms. York Crown Court was a suspended court site due to Covid-19 from 27 March and reopened on 22 June, however during this time remote hearings did continue to take place. Despite the restrictions resulting from it being a listed building, since reopening, York has recommenced much of its business, including face to face hearings, pre-trial preparation hearings and sentencing, and on the 20 July jury trials were recommenced in one of the courtrooms. Adaptations are being put in place to allow the second courtroom to be used for jury trials.</p><p>The volume of outstanding cases at the Crown Court in England and Wales is published by case type as part of the National Statistics bulletin <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly</a>, see Table C1. The latest published data is available to March 2020 and the next release to June 2020 is planned for release on the 24 September 2020.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/09/2020 10:47:40 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Worksheet PQ 90181 Rachael Maskell MP.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1287260

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Opening Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown Court sitting days there have been in each month of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	155198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>Data showing the number of sitting days in 2018 and 2019 can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940703/Judge_Sitting_Days.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/940703/Judge_Sitting_Days.xlsx</a>. Data for 2020 will be published in June. This data is not disaggregated by month. The reduction in sitting days in 2019 reflected the reduction in the number of cases reaching court. The Lord Chancellor had agreed to increase sitting days in 2020/21 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/03/2021 16:10:35 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1287261

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Opening Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown Court sitting days have been lost in each month since January 2020.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	155199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>National Statistics on judge sitting days for 2020 are due to be released in June 2021. Access to statistics before their publication is strictly controlled, with rules and principles on pre-release access set out in the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 01/03/2021 16:11:52 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1231860

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has taken recent steps to review sentencing policy for dangerous driving.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	86096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The government has committed to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous driving and causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs to life imprisonment and create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving. We will legislate as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 14/09/2020 16:17:20 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1234577

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Family Courts: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are in the backlog of the York Family Court; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the case backlog at that court since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	90183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The York family workload since 2015 has been on an upward trend and this is monitored regularly by the Local Family Justice Board. The increase is predominantly in Private Law applications, and this is a trend that is in line with the rest of the country. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March this year, York almost immediately moved to remote hearings to continue to deal with family work. Whilst a decline was initially seen in the receipt of applications around this time, this has since reverted to normal levels. The York County Court building is restrictive in terms of social distancing, however face to face hearings have recommenced and a Nightingale Court has been set up to provide additional accommodation to hear family cases, and in particular Public Law cases.</p><p>The data in the attachment is derived from the Family Courts Case Management system. It includes private and public law outstanding cases, evaluated by case rather than by child.</p><p>Data provided are part of management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</p><p>The data provided are the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information. They have not been cross-referenced with case files.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/09/2020 15:17:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Table 90183.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1260608

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Juries: Coronavirus
	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 NHS staff who have been called for jury service during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will exempt NHS staff from jury service during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	128700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>In line with the Juries Act 1974, jurors are summoned randomly by the Jury Central Summoning Bureau (JCSB) using the Electoral Voting Registers. The registers are a list of everyone who has registered themselves as eligible to vote which are supplied to HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) by every Local Authority each year. At the point of being called for jury service a person’s occupation is not known. It is therefore not possible to estimate how many NHS staff have been called for jury service since the COVID-19 outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>At this time, the Government does not expect frontline emergency services staff, including those in the NHS, to be serving on juries.</p><p> </p><p>Anyone in these groups, or any Key Worker working in education, the food supply chain or in any other frontline role who is summoned for jury service should contact the JCSB. While by law we cannot automatically defer jurors, HMCTS has issued guidance to help staff deal sympathetically with all requests from the public who wish to be released or deferred from jury service as a result of COVID-19. This also includes jurors who are in self-isolation, household isolation or those who are at increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19. Each application for deferral/excusal is considered on its own merit, that is both fair to the individual and consistent with the needs of the court in providing a representative jury.</p><p> </p><p>We have published further details here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-courts-and-tribunals-planning-and-preparation#jury-trials-and-jury-service" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-courts-and-tribunals-planning-and-preparation#jury-trials-and-jury-service</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/12/2020 17:40:06 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1234576

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are in the backlog of the York Magistrate Court; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of the case backlog at that court since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	90182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>York is part of the North Yorkshire Local Justice Area, geographically the largest LJA in the country, though with a relatively low caseload for its size. It was created in January 2016, following the merger of a number of smaller LJAs. Subsequent changes to distribution of the LJA’s workload between court houses in the area will have affected the outstanding cases at York. This will, in part, account for some of the variance in outstanding caseload.</p><p>York Magistrates’ Court is a listed building with serious accessibility issues and challenges in maintaining social distancing. It was a suspended site between 30 March 2020 and 20 June and Priority 1 and 2 cases from York were listed at Leeds Magistrates’ Court, with extensive use made of video-linking for the attendance of parties.</p><p>Before COVID-19, two courtrooms sat daily at York, and an additional room sat on 4 days per week. Due to the constraints of the building it has been challenging to open courtrooms whilst maintaining social distancing. Currently two courtrooms sit daily (including one video-enabled courtroom); from 5<sup>th</sup> October a third courtroom will be added, once social distancing mitigation measures have been put in place. This will take York’s weekly planned sittings above their pre-COVID-19 levels. Current plans are for all CPS cases (other than those requiring a trial) displaced by the COVID sitting reductions to have had a hearing by mid-October.</p><p>The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information.</p><p>This counts all cases where there are one or more offences that have not been completed by the date, for the given date, where the case receipt is after October 2007. The report for outstanding cases is a snapshot based on what is showing as outstanding at the close of business on the last calendar day of the month. Outstanding cases is not a calculation but is based on Receipts and Disposals and will be impacted on when cases are validated. Transferred cases may count for a period of time while they show in both sending and receiving courts; offences subsequently entered in error may change the categorisation of the case.</p><p>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</p><p>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 23/09/2020 10:51:43 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp attachment 1 file name Worksheet PQ 90182 Rachael Maskell MP.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1337450

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Tribunals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average time taken between a claimant (a) submitting a tribunal case to appeal a decision made by his Department, (b) having a hearing and (c) receiving an outcome in (i) York and (ii) England in the latest period for which that data is available.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	16892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2021 answer text <p>Information about the average time from submitting an appeal to hearing is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times are calculated from receipt of an appeal to its final disposal. An appeal is not necessarily disposed of at its first hearing. The final disposal decision on the appeal may be reached after an earlier hearing had been adjourned (which may be directed by the judge for a variety of reasons, such as to seek further evidence), or after an earlier hearing date had been postponed (again, for a variety of reasons, often at the request of the appellant). An appeal may also have been decided at an earlier date by the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS), only for the case to have gone on to the Upper Tribunal, to be returned once again to the First-tier, for its final disposal.</p><p> </p><p>The data requested at c) (i) and (ii) are available up until March 2020 and are published at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The latest period for which data about SSCS are available is January to March 2021. However, they do not include SSCS venue level data due to issues previously identified as the Tribunal was being migrated to a new operational system. The issues are now resolved, and the more granular level data will be made available as soon as they have received further quality assurance.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 25/06/2021 13:21:17 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1174823

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many personal independence payment appeals were upheld at tribunal in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19 and (c) 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	10399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2020 answer text <p>Information about the outcomes of Personal Independence Payment<sup>1</sup> (PIP) appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>For the period July – September 2019, the latest period for which data are available, the proportion of successful PIP appeal tribunals upheld without the appellant or their representative attending was 37%<sup>2</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on benefits can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot comment on decisions made by independent tribunal judiciary.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>PIP (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes PIP Claims (Reassessments).</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Appeals cleared at a tribunal hearing will include cases cleared at both oral (parties to the proceeding are afforded the opportunity to attend) hearings and paper cases, it may also include some withdrawals, does not include adjournments.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 10400 question first answered 07/02/2020 10:55:34 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell