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819135

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will meet the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central to discuss the future of the Sunderland Court Estate.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	121812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The letter sent by the Minister of State on 12 December to the Hon. Member for Sunderland Central and the Hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland outlined the improvements being made to the court estate in Sunderland.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to integrate court and tribunal sites in Sunderland into the Magistrates’ Court building will enable us to focus investment into a single building in Sunderland. This will result in a better standard of accommodation and improve the experience of those who use the court.</p><p> </p><p>I am still considering future meetings and visits but in the meantime, I would be happy to consider any comments the Hon. Member may have regarding these plans through correspondence.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 17:55:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

816944

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance were made by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	121371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The legal aid statistics published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice include figures on the volumes of new matters started. These figures are broken down by category of law, including asylum. The latest statistics, covering the period up until September 2017, are published at the following location <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. Statistics for the period October – December 2017 will be published on 29 March 2018 at the same location.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA does not hold information in relation to the volume of requests not granted, nor is it able to break down the data on asylum matters to isolate those relating to the “first instance procedure”.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 121372 121373 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:56:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

816945

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests there were for legal assistance by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in the UK in 2017 by type of procedure concerned.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	121372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The legal aid statistics published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice include figures on the volumes of new matters started. These figures are broken down by category of law, including asylum. The latest statistics, covering the period up until September 2017, are published at the following location <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. Statistics for the period October – December 2017 will be published on 29 March 2018 at the same location.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA does not hold information in relation to the volume of requests not granted, nor is it able to break down the data on asylum matters to isolate those relating to the “first instance procedure”.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 121371 121373 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:56:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

816946

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many requests for legal assistance by asylum applicants during the first instance procedure in 2017 resulted in a grant of legal assistance.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	121373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The legal aid statistics published quarterly by the Ministry of Justice include figures on the volumes of new matters started. These figures are broken down by category of law, including asylum. The latest statistics, covering the period up until September 2017, are published at the following location <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/legal-aid-statistics</a>. Statistics for the period October – December 2017 will be published on 29 March 2018 at the same location.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA does not hold information in relation to the volume of requests not granted, nor is it able to break down the data on asylum matters to isolate those relating to the “first instance procedure”.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 121371 121372 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:56:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

819153

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Temporary Employment
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 20 December to Question 119017, how much HM Courts and Tribunal Service has spent on agency staff pay in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	121830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service expenditure on agency staff is published each year in their annual report and accounts.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=hm-courts-and-tribunals-service&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=hm-courts-and-tribunals-service&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 17:58:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

810660

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent to which non-disclosure agreements are being used to conceal actions that are against civil or criminal law.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	121005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Non-disclosure agreements are used in a wide range of commercial and non-commercial situations. They do not override the criminal law. I would encourage anyone who believes that a criminal offence has been committed to report the matter to the police.</p><p> </p><p>In view of concerns about non-disclosure agreements the Government has committed to look at the structures around them and the evidence that is coming forward about how they are being used.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:13:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33808 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

810481

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
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 (a) amount of time and (b) resources that his Department allocated to the production of impact assessments on the UK leaving the EU; and on what date work on those impact assessments started.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	120827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government carries out impact assessments typically related to specific new primary legislation before Parliament. For example, the Government laid an impact assessment alongside the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. The Ministry of Justice conducts impact assessments related to legislation as business as usual. Our broader analysis of the UK’s exit from the EU continues.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:14:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33795 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

818731

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for exceptional case funding for refugee family reunion applications under part 11 of the Immigration Rules have been (a) received and (b) accepted in each financial year since 1 April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:14:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33548 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

810219

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2017 to Question 118802, what other institutions referred to in that answer will provide data for the Post-Implementation Review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; and what data will be provided.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	120685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>On 30 October, the Government announced the commencement of its Post-Implementation Review of the legal aid changes made by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) and subsequently. We will engage with a range of experts in the field and are in the process of reaching out to experts who will inform the process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/01/2018 18:15:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 33794 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

818800

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of removing legal aid from refugee family reunion cases on those refugees seeking family reunion; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Legal aid for family reunion cases may be available through the Exceptional Case Funding Scheme (ECF), subject to the statutory means and merits tests, where failure to provide legal aid would breach rights under the European Convention on Human Rights or EU law.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to the availability of legal aid for civil legal cases were made in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO). As part of the pre-legislative consultation process which preceded the passage of LASPO, the Government produced an impact and equality assessment which included the changes to the scope of civil legal cases.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 16/01/2018 17:54:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire