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894657

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Antisemitism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to tackle antisemitism.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	905038
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Anti-semitism must be understood for what it is – racism against Jewish people. There can be no excuses for anti-semitism. My Department has led the way across government in tackling anti-semitism, as my Rt Hon Friend, Sajid Javid, highlighted in this House on 17 April. This requires actions, not just words, as this government is doing.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/04/2018 16:50:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

894658

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to build new homes.
	tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
	tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
	uin	905040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>New homes should be built out as soon as possible once planning permission is granted. Under this Government, new house building starts are at their highest levels for nine years – we are building on progress by revising the National Planning Policy Framework, diversifying the market to increase the pace of development, and have commissioned my Rt Hon Friend, the member for West Dorset, to lead a review of build out rates.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 16:45:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

887924

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Slavery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to recommendation 8 of the Modern Slavery Act Review, what steps her Department has taken to adopt the two-stage Achieving Best Evidence interview process.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	136918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In October 2016 the Home Secretary announced £8.5m of additional funding would be made available to police forces in England and Wales to transform the policing response to modern slavery. The funding from the Police Transformation Fund has provided for nearly 70 new and dedicated roles to provide the police with improved intelligence, better training and specialist tactical advice to overhaul and strengthen the operational response. Included in the additional capabilities are:</p><p><strong>Single Points of Contact (SPOCs)</strong></p><p>Forces have been encouraged to identify tactical and strategic SPOCs and have been given an action plan for SPOCs to help them develop best practice. A programme of roadshows and events that bring these SPOCs together at each level has taken place over the last year and this schedule projects forward beyond the end of the funding period.</p><p><strong>Intelligence and Data</strong></p><p>The Joint Slavery and Trafficking Analysis Centre (JSTAC) is building and developing the strategic intelligence picture by improving data collection and analysis of the information gathered. To aid in international dissemination of information, a seconded national expert to Europol to coordinate activity between UK law enforcement and European counterparts during cross-border investigations has been implemented. Supporting the JSTAC, the police national insight team and regional analysts located in the Regional Organised Crime Units (ROCUs) provide regular intelligence products to inform policing at a national, regional, and force level.</p><p>All three of the analytical teams, and a separate team dedicated to overcoming challenges in the dissemination of NRM material are contributing to guidance to forces about crime recording, and intelligence flows within law enforcement and between partners.</p><p><strong>Training and dealing with vulnerable people</strong></p><p>The College of Policing accredited programme of training activity for all frontline police officers and staff, was launched in July 2017. Over 120 police trainers have been trained in delivering an awareness raising module within forces. Over 1000 frontline staff have attended awareness raising roadshows organised in each region. In addition, funding has been made available for a specialist training course for detectives working on modern slavery cases, which include advice and guidance on supporting victims through the CJS process. To date over 300 investigators have gone through these courses. In addition, new specialist guidance for officers who interview vulnerable victims of trafficking has been developed and over 575 interviewers have received training linked to this. Resources to support investigators, analysts and front line staff in the police, and appropriate other agencies, are available through the College of Policing Polka site.</p><p>One of the two victim advocacy roles within the Modern Slavery Police Transformation Programme has focused on improving the use of the Achieving Best Evidence (ABE) process in modern slavery cases, in light of the recommendation made in the Modern Slavery Act Review. This includes developing specialist interview techniques for victims reporting modern slavery. The approach has been endorsed by the College of Policing and promoted to over 575 existing ABE interviewers to date.</p><p>The Crown Prosecution Service has delivered mandatory face to face accredited training for prosecutors to develop expertise and build resilience in complex casework units, central casework units and for criminal justice advisors overseas.</p><p><strong>Outcomes</strong></p><p>As a result of this investment the number of modern slavery law enforcement operations ongoing at any one time have more than tripled (from 188 in December 2018 to 643 in March 2018). As of March 2018, police services are working to identify and protect at least 1500 vulnerable persons who the police consider may be victims of modern slavery.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 136911 136912 136913 136914 136915 136916 136917 question first answered 30/04/2018 16:21:26 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

891418

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Bedford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when Bedford Magistrate’s Court was closed; and to where the services of that court were relocated.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	138084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>In June 2014 the majority of magistrates’ court work at Bedford Magistrates’ Court (at the Shire Hall building) was centralised into Luton Magistrates’ Court. This was following a judicially-led consultation on revised listing arrangements, which was conducted in 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Magistrates’ family cases, along with civil and tribunal cases, continue to be heard at the court. The Shire Hall building will only close subject to a public consultation, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:50:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891379

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for a benefit appeal tribunal hearing for benefit claimants from Kettering constituency in the last twelve months for which data are available; what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times in areas which are beyond the national average for such times; and what the reasons are for the length of wait for claimants in Kettering constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Kettering
	tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
	uin	138006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The average waiting time<sup>1,2</sup> for Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) appeals in the Kettering<sup>3</sup> constituency between January 2016 and December 2017 (the latest period for which figures are available) is 33<sup>4</sup> weeks.</p><p> </p><p>In order to respond to a general increase in appeal receipts, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has been working with the Tribunal’s judiciary both to appoint additional judges and panel members and take forward initiatives with potential to increase the capacity and performance of the Tribunal, including reviewing current listing practices to increase the number of cases being listed on a Tribunal session, and introducing case management “triage” sessions, with the aim of reducing the time taken for appeals to reach final determination. All these measures will increase the capacity of the Tribunal with the aim of reducing waiting times for appellants in all areas, not just those which are beyond the current national average.</p><p> </p><p>Specifically, in the Kettering constituency area we have introduced a new venue with increased capacity to reduce waiting times. Additionally, appellants are also offered Northampton as an alternative venue which is able to offer shorter hearing dates.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Waiting time is interpreted as average Clearance Time – time taken for appeal receipt to outcome.</li><li>Includes only appeals cleared at tribunal hearing and excludes those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</li><li>SSCS data are recorded by the office that dealt with the case, and if the case went to oral hearing, the location of the Tribunal hearing, normally the hearing venue nearest to the appellants home address. We cannot retrieve data based on constituencies, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue. For the Kettering constituency this is the Wellingborough venue. Data include all cases attributed to that venue. Prior to the Wellingborough venue being used cases were heard in Kettering. In 15_16 only two cases were head in Wellingborough and as such the data maybe skewed.</li><li>HMCTS data April to December 17 is provisional.</li></ol><p> </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 that are available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:51:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

891491

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of immigration appeals were overturned at tribunal in each of the last six months.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	138080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) is administered by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS).</p><p>The proportion of successful immigration appeals, overturning the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s decision, in each of the last six months for which published data are available is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>July 17<sup> P</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>August 17<sup> P</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sept 17<sup> P</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>October 17 <sup>P</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nov 17<sup> P</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dec 17<sup> P</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>48%</p></td><td><p>49%</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>P: Provisional data taken from a live management information system and subject to change.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:56:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

891423

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Bedford
	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 the future of court services in Bedford when the lease expires on the building that hosts Luton County and Family Court on 9 January 2020; and what provision he has made for court services in Luton and Bedfordshire when that lease expires.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	138088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is currently considering options regarding the future court estate in Bedfordshire. The Shire Hall building will only close subject to a public consultation regarding the distribution of the work currently heard in the building, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:46:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891421

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Bedford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the utilisation statistics for all court rooms at (a) Shire Hall in Bedford and (b) Bedford County Court and Family Court for (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	138086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The courts at Shire Hall Bedford sat for the following hours between 2015 and the end of 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data 2015/16</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data 2016/17</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Courtroom Data April-December 2017*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chamber/<br> Courtroom</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td><td><p>Magstrates' Court</p></td><td><p>County/<br> Family<br> Court</p></td><td><p>Tribunals</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chambers 01</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>868</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>874</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>636</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chambers 02</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>620</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>716</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>321</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 01</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 02</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 03</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 04</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>201</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Courtroom 05</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>703</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>738</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>538</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>2,272</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>2,516</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>185</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>County court utilisation includes the civil and family jurisdictions. Utilisation data for Count Court and Employment Tribunals are manually collected and therefore may be affected by associated measurement and recording errors.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:48:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

891433

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cohabitation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to enable cohabiting couples to share financial and property rights.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	138023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government will be considering how to proceed in relation to proposals made by the Law Commission in the context of any further reforms to the family justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 17:43:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

891422

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Bedford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal hearings have been listed at Shire Hall in (a) 2015–16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	138087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide an answer to this question from centrally held data as this does not differentiate between different court locations in Bedford. Since the employment tribunal building in Bedford ceased to hold public hearings in September 2017, the administration of cases has moved to Watford and has not differentiated between cases heard in that office and in Bedford.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 30/04/2018 16:55:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin