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759839

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much has been paid to (a) men and (b) women who left his Department under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	10151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>No staff working at the Wales Office have left under exit schemes since 31 March 2016.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 18/09/2017 16:09:55 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

757298

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	The Senior Deputy Speaker
	answering dept id	204
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Senior Deputy Speaker (HoL)
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Catering
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to the Written Answer by the Senior Deputy Speaker on 31 July (HL1160), what steps he is taking to increase the number of British products on sale in all outlets in the House of Lords, including British wine.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL1283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Senior Deputy Speaker has asked me, as Chairman of the Services Committee, to respond on his behalf.</p><p>The vast majority of fresh products purchased by House of Lords Catering and Retail Services (CRS) are British, and CRS has an ongoing policy to continue to increase its use of British products, taking account of procurement and value for money tests. British produce is always preferred when in season, and menus are designed to incorporate British sustainable products and showcase British seasonal produce where possible. The majority of the main ingredients in CRS dishes, such as meat, poultry, fish and dairy produce, are British.</p><p>In House of Lords bars, CRS aims to supply a range of beverages including British options; CRS has recently changed supplier to increase its offering of British craft ales and lagers.</p><p>CRS aims to increase the selection of British wines available in House of Lords restaurants and bars. Additional British wines will appear on the wine lists after the conference recess.</p><p>For the House of Lords retail shop, CRS aims to increase its ranges of British products; work is underway to develop with its suppliers products that would enhance the British selection on offer.</p> answering member printed Lord Laming question first answered 18/09/2017 15:08:35 answering member 2079 label Biography information for Lord Laming
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

758576

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Belfast Agreement
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the current Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has met with and consulted each of the Belfast Agreement participants, (1) Lord Alderdice, (2) Lord Empey, (3) Lord Kilclooney, (4) Lord Maginnis of Drumglass, and (5) Lord Trimble, (a) as a group, or (b) individually; and what are the details of those meetings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL1447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has regular meetings with Parliamentarians, including regular events for members of the House of Lords with an interest in Northern Ireland affairs, to which these five members are invited.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/09/2017 14:33:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

757229

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners on Remand: Acquittals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of remand prisoners acquitted of the offences for which they were remanded in the year 2016-17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL1214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The latest currently available data on court remand covers the 2016 calendar year. Of the 345,897 defendants who were prosecuted and subsequently not convicted at magistrates’ courts, approximately 9% (32,238) had been remanded in custody at some point during those proceedings.</p><p>Of the 37,606 defendants who were subsequently not convicted at the Crown Court, approximately 17% (6,524) had been remanded in custody at some point during those proceedings.</p><p>Those defendants included as not convicted include those who were not proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and those who were not tried at the Crown Court due to the proceedings terminating early, for example due to the defendant dying before the court appearance date.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 18/09/2017 12:01:21 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

758998

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time between the commencement of an employment and support allowance appeal and a decision was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	9646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>United Kingdom<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Barnsley <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>South Yorkshire <sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Average Clearance Time (Weeks)<sup> 4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA <sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA<sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA<sup>7</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. HM Courts and Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. Data are therefore for those appellants only. The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service administers ESA and PIP appeals for appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p>2 Barnsley data include all cases attributed to this venue.</p><p>3. South Yorkshire includes the venues: Barnsley, Sheffield and Doncaster. Data include all cases attributed to these venues.</p><p>4 Average Clearance Time - time taken for appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</p><p>5. Financial year April to March.</p><p>6. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p>7. Includes Employment &amp; Support Allowance and Employment &amp; Support Allowance (Reassessments).</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><p>The data may differ slightly to those of the published stats as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9647 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:05:40 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

758999

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	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, what the average time between the commencement of a personal independence payment appeal and a decision was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	9647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains the requested information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>United Kingdom<sup>1</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Barnsley <sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>South Yorkshire <sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Average Clearance Time (Weeks)<sup> 4</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA <sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA<sup>7</sup></p></td><td><p>PIP <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>ESA<sup>7</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p>1. HM Courts and Tribunals Service administers appeals for appellants living in England, Scotland and Wales. Data are therefore for those appellants only. The Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service administers ESA and PIP appeals for appellants living in Northern Ireland.</p><p>2 Barnsley data include all cases attributed to this venue.</p><p>3. South Yorkshire includes the venues: Barnsley, Sheffield and Doncaster. Data include all cases attributed to these venues.</p><p>4 Average Clearance Time - time taken for appeal receipt to outcome. This includes both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</p><p>5. Financial year April to March.</p><p>6. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals), which replaced Disability Living Allowance on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Claims (Reassessments).</p><p>7. Includes Employment &amp; Support Allowance and Employment &amp; Support Allowance (Reassessments).</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><p>The data may differ slightly to those of the published stats as these data were run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 9646 question first answered 18/09/2017 13:05:40 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

759000

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	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, whether he plans to introduce a Prisons Bill during the current session of Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	9651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>We remain committed to continuing to reform our prisons to make them places of safety and reform. The most pressing priorities can be delivered without legislation and we are currently working to implement the necessary operational changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Bill contained measures to strengthen the role of the Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. To strengthen their role we:</p><ul><li>have created a new Unit within HM Prison and Probation Service that is responsible for responding to recommendations our independent scrutiny bodies make;</li><li>are implementing the Urgent Notification process contained in the Bill to ensure the Chief Inspector can go directly to the Secretary of State in the most severe and urgent cases, who will respond promptly 28 days later;</li><li>will develop a Protocol between the Ombudsman and Ministry of Justice to set out the role of both organisations in relation to each other, similar to the protocol agreed between HM Chief Inspector of Prisons and the Department earlier this year.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The Bill also contained measures on psychoactive substances and combatting illicit mobile phones in prisons. To address these issues we have already:</p><ul><li>rolled out new tests for psychoactive substances across the estate;</li><li>trained 300 dogs to detect psychoactive substances;</li><li>made the supply of psychoactive substances into prisons, and possession of them, criminal offences; and</li><li>invested £2 million to equip every prison across the estate with hand-held mobile phone detectors and portable detection poles to step up the detection of illegal phones.</li></ul> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/09/2017 15:20:57 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

759001

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Behavioural Insights Team
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has paid to the Behavioural Insights Team in each year since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	9683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has received services from the Behavioural Insights Team since 2014. This has enabled the department to add to its evidence base to support priority government areas.</p><p> </p><p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/09/2017 13:07:24 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

759459

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: North Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, for what reasons there is an average waiting time of 34 weeks for a tribunal date in North Wales; and what the longest time is for which a person has had to wait for such a date.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9719
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The average waiting times for Employment Tribunal hearings in 2016/17 for Wales is 28 weeks. Information broken down specifically for Employment Tribunals in North Wales waiting times is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/09/2017 13:08:20 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

759461

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: North Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to address the shortage of panel members needed for tribunals in the North Wales area.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	9776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The panel member resource for the Employment Tribunals hearings in Wales is managed across Wales on a case by case basis. No cases are delayed due to lack of panel members.</p><p> </p><p>The Regional Judge keeps this under close monitoring and currently the overall resource in Wales is sufficient to deploy judiciary to meet demand on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 18/09/2017 13:09:30 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane