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804542

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he will publish a draft Courts Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	118744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing legislation to modernise the courts system, as soon as parliamentary time allows. There are no current plans to publish the Bill in draft.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/12/2017 12:34:17 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

767649

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to introduce the Courts Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	106622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing legislation to modernise the courts system as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 17/10/2017 15:03:42 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

765340

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to extend provision of problem-solving courts.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	105570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>We are considering the problem-solving approaches that have already been developed at a grass roots level in a small number of local communities across the UK, and exploring opportunities<strong>.</strong></p><p>Access to drug and alcohol treatment that is timely and effective is crucial to problem-solving approaches. My department is working with the Department of Health to test a new protocol for community sentence treatment requirements with the aim of increasing their use.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/10/2017 15:13:03 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

749474

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, when and in which House the Government plans to introduce the Courts Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	3491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out an ambitious programme of 27 bills and drafts bills and noted that additional bills will be announced as the session progresses. The timescales for forthcoming bills and draft bills will be announced in the usual manner in due course<strong>. </strong></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/07/2017 16:09:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

732680

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to publish a draft Courts Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	1190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to introducing legislation to modernise the courts system, as set out in the Queen’s Speech. There are no current plans to publish the Bill in draft.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 29/06/2017 13:07:36 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

679154

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of the (a) Royal Courts of Justice and (b) Supreme Court in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	61962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The cost of the Royal Courts of Justice and UK Supreme Court for the last 5 years are detailed in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Royal Courts of Justice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£24,336,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£34,548,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£15,900,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£55,811,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£43,288,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Costs of the Royal Courts of Justice in years prior to 2014-15 do not include costs of higher judiciary paid out of the consolidated fund, which have been included for 2014-15 and 2015-16 and are, therefore, not on a like-for-like basis.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>UK Supreme Court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£12,039,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£12,355,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£11,956,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£11,424,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£11,604,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 31/01/2017 16:08:58 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

661763

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what measures her Department will put in place to provide continued access to court services for people who cannot access those services online after the implementation of the proposals outlined in its Transforming our Justice System consultation paper, published in September 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Neath
	tabling member printed	Christina Rees
	uin	58200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Access to justice is not just about proximity to a court and we are committed to providing alternative ways for our users to access our services that are more efficient and convenient for them.</p><p>As we modernise our courts and bring more services online we will replace unfamiliar legal language with more straightforward wording. This will help make our services more accessible for everyone.</p><p>All new online services will be developed to ensure users have access to facilities to assist them throughout the process. This will include; step-by-step online guidance to assist people when completing forms online, telephone support and free of charge, face to face support from an HMCTS representative. This will be available at locations across the country, including rural areas.</p><p>We want a justice system that works for everyone. That means users who are not comfortable using digital channels will be provided with an alternative and given the support they need in choosing an option which works best for them.</p><p>Crucially it will not be compulsory for the public to use digital channels.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 23/01/2017 15:00:32 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

654468

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the problem-solving courts pilot programme announced by her Department in May 2016 will begin.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	56475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>We are exploring further the opportunities for problem solving approaches following completion of the joint judicial working group report earlier this year. A number of courts are already using problem solving approaches, including clustered listing of drug review hearings, female-specific courts in Manchester and Aberdeen, and the Choices and Consequences programme in St Albans. I have visited a number of courts where problem solving approaches have been developed at a grassroots level in local communities, and will set out further plans in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 20/01/2017 16:49:15 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

631944

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will devolve responsibilities for courts and the Crown Prosecution Service to (a) the Mayor of London, (b) other mayors and (c) other combined authorities; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	52491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is open to considering proposals to give a greater influence over criminal justice to local areas where the evidence shows this will make local justice more effective. As an independent Prosecutor, the Crown Prosecution Service is not the responsibility of the Ministry of Justice but is superintended ‎by the Attorney General.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 14/11/2016 17:36:26 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

528129

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	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 for training the judiciary on the implementation of problem-solving courts.
	tabling member constituency	Neath
	tabling member printed	Christina Rees
	uin	40864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2016 answer text <p>The Working Group has now submitted its findings, which support the case for problem-solving courts.</p><p>Training of the judiciary is a matter for the judiciary and the judicial college. We will be working with both, taking learning from approaches nationally and internationally, as we progress our work on problem-solving courts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 40865 40866 question first answered 28/06/2016 08:24:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees