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1019813

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the effect on HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff will be included in the evaluation of the flexible operating hours pilots at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Reform Programme, the Flexible Operating Hours (FOH) project was set up to look at options to maximise the use of our court rooms by using them at different times of the day, outside of the traditional hours of 10am – 4pm. On 16 November 2018, it was announced that HMCTS will be proceeding with two pilots in the Civil and Family Courts in Brentford County Court and Manchester Civil Justice Centre and a revised Pilots Prospectus was published. Local Implementation Teams in Brentford and Manchester will finalise the pilot designs and start dates, which are likely to be in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the FOH pilots is to understand the impacts of FOH for all court users, including HMCTS staff. An Evaluation Advisory Group has been established to ensure a balanced and comprehensive assessment of pilot activity by independent assessors. Consultation with trade unions will take place under separate arrangements in recognition of the need to consider FOH in the context of wider organisational changes affecting HMCTS staff.</p><p> </p><p>In Manchester Civil Justice Centre, the total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff is 205 with 29.5 FTE at Band A to D, 146 FTE at Band E and 29.5 FTE at Band F. In Brentford County Court, the total number of FTE staff is 15.5 with 1 FTE at Band C, 2 FTE at Band D, 11 FTE at Band E and 1.5 FTE at Band F. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 0.5. We are committed to ensuring that courts and tribunals have adequate staff to meet operational demands. Staffing requirements for the FOH pilots will be considered by the Local Implementation Teams.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 198790 198791 198792 question first answered 11/12/2018 12:17:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019815

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which trade unions have been included on the Evaluation Advisory Group for the flexible operating hours pilots at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Reform Programme, the Flexible Operating Hours (FOH) project was set up to look at options to maximise the use of our court rooms by using them at different times of the day, outside of the traditional hours of 10am – 4pm. On 16 November 2018, it was announced that HMCTS will be proceeding with two pilots in the Civil and Family Courts in Brentford County Court and Manchester Civil Justice Centre and a revised Pilots Prospectus was published. Local Implementation Teams in Brentford and Manchester will finalise the pilot designs and start dates, which are likely to be in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the FOH pilots is to understand the impacts of FOH for all court users, including HMCTS staff. An Evaluation Advisory Group has been established to ensure a balanced and comprehensive assessment of pilot activity by independent assessors. Consultation with trade unions will take place under separate arrangements in recognition of the need to consider FOH in the context of wider organisational changes affecting HMCTS staff.</p><p> </p><p>In Manchester Civil Justice Centre, the total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff is 205 with 29.5 FTE at Band A to D, 146 FTE at Band E and 29.5 FTE at Band F. In Brentford County Court, the total number of FTE staff is 15.5 with 1 FTE at Band C, 2 FTE at Band D, 11 FTE at Band E and 1.5 FTE at Band F. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 0.5. We are committed to ensuring that courts and tribunals have adequate staff to meet operational demands. Staffing requirements for the FOH pilots will be considered by the Local Implementation Teams.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 198789 198791 198792 question first answered 11/12/2018 12:17:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019817

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many FTE staff are employed at each grade at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Reform Programme, the Flexible Operating Hours (FOH) project was set up to look at options to maximise the use of our court rooms by using them at different times of the day, outside of the traditional hours of 10am – 4pm. On 16 November 2018, it was announced that HMCTS will be proceeding with two pilots in the Civil and Family Courts in Brentford County Court and Manchester Civil Justice Centre and a revised Pilots Prospectus was published. Local Implementation Teams in Brentford and Manchester will finalise the pilot designs and start dates, which are likely to be in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the FOH pilots is to understand the impacts of FOH for all court users, including HMCTS staff. An Evaluation Advisory Group has been established to ensure a balanced and comprehensive assessment of pilot activity by independent assessors. Consultation with trade unions will take place under separate arrangements in recognition of the need to consider FOH in the context of wider organisational changes affecting HMCTS staff.</p><p> </p><p>In Manchester Civil Justice Centre, the total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff is 205 with 29.5 FTE at Band A to D, 146 FTE at Band E and 29.5 FTE at Band F. In Brentford County Court, the total number of FTE staff is 15.5 with 1 FTE at Band C, 2 FTE at Band D, 11 FTE at Band E and 1.5 FTE at Band F. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 0.5. We are committed to ensuring that courts and tribunals have adequate staff to meet operational demands. Staffing requirements for the FOH pilots will be considered by the Local Implementation Teams.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 198789 198790 198792 question first answered 11/12/2018 12:17:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019819

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of minimum staffing levels required for the flexible operating hours pilots to be undertaken at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Reform Programme, the Flexible Operating Hours (FOH) project was set up to look at options to maximise the use of our court rooms by using them at different times of the day, outside of the traditional hours of 10am – 4pm. On 16 November 2018, it was announced that HMCTS will be proceeding with two pilots in the Civil and Family Courts in Brentford County Court and Manchester Civil Justice Centre and a revised Pilots Prospectus was published. Local Implementation Teams in Brentford and Manchester will finalise the pilot designs and start dates, which are likely to be in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the FOH pilots is to understand the impacts of FOH for all court users, including HMCTS staff. An Evaluation Advisory Group has been established to ensure a balanced and comprehensive assessment of pilot activity by independent assessors. Consultation with trade unions will take place under separate arrangements in recognition of the need to consider FOH in the context of wider organisational changes affecting HMCTS staff.</p><p> </p><p>In Manchester Civil Justice Centre, the total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff is 205 with 29.5 FTE at Band A to D, 146 FTE at Band E and 29.5 FTE at Band F. In Brentford County Court, the total number of FTE staff is 15.5 with 1 FTE at Band C, 2 FTE at Band D, 11 FTE at Band E and 1.5 FTE at Band F. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 0.5. We are committed to ensuring that courts and tribunals have adequate staff to meet operational demands. Staffing requirements for the FOH pilots will be considered by the Local Implementation Teams.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 198789 198790 198791 question first answered 11/12/2018 12:17:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019832

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) court fines and (b) surcharges remain uncollected; and what steps he is taking to increase the rate of collection for those penalties.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We are not able to provide information on the proportion of the original fines and victim surcharge that remains outstanding for without incurring disproportionate cost. In order to extract this information we would need to conduct a manual search of all current financial penalty accounts within our fines database. Figures for the total amount of outstanding fines are published and can be found here</p><p> </p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727387/HMCTS_Trust_Statement_2017-18_v16_web.pdf</a></li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government takes recovery and enforcement of financial impositions very seriously and remains committed to finding new ways to ensure impositions are paid and clamping down on fine defaulters is a continued priority nationwide. The courts will do everything within their powers to trace those who do not pay. Money can be deducted from an offender's earnings or from benefits if they are unemployed. Other ‘upfront’ compliance actions include, increased use of telephone and text message chasing and use of tracing tools. Warrants can be issued instructing approved enforcement agents to seize and sell goods belonging to the offender. Ultimately an offender can be imprisoned for non-payment of their fine.</p><p> </p><p>Targeted initiatives to improve enforcement of financial penalties include the recent historic debt project. This project which commenced in September 2016 resulted in the re-working of accounts which had previously been administratively cancelled. As of November 2018, £34.3 million has been collected as a result of this project. Lessons learnt from the Project have been incorporated into business as usual processes within NCES.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/12/2018 12:23:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019834

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service is expecting to spend from the public purse on that service's change management consultancy contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	198794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The HMCTS change management consultancy contract is with pwc, who provide a delivery partner service to support our reform programme. Overall, we are scheduled to spend up to £30 million with them on the contract which was signed in July 2017, and runs for two years, with an option for a one-year extension. It should be noted that this is a strategic partnership contract that replaced several individual contracts and as such gives us access to specialist skills across the change spectrum.</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of the spend across the financial years can be shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>17/18 FY Spend</p></td><td><p>£10,418,186.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19 FY Forecast spend</p></td><td><p>£14,808,420.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remaining Contract Cover</p></td><td><p>£4,773,393.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£30,000,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/12/2018 12:19:49 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1019450

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been provided by his Department for (a) domestic violence prevention programmes and (b) services to support victims of domestic violence in (i) London and (ii) the London borough of Lewisham.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	198335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy sets out an ambitious programme to make tackling VAWG everybody’s business.</p><p>Over this spending review period, we are providing £100 million of dedicated funding to tackle VAWG. VAWG services are mainly commissioned at a local level by Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and health commissioners. The Government’s VAWG National Statement of Expectations encourages such decisions to be taken at a local level and driven by local need.</p><p>We created a £17 million 3-year VAWG Service Transformation Fund, which is funding projects across 41 areas in England and Wales to embed local best practice and ensure that early intervention and prevention, not crisis response, is the norm.</p><p>Over £2.4m is supporting six London Boroughs, including Lewisham, to deliver domestic abuse focused projects aiming to prevent future or further perpetration and protect victims and survivors.</p><p>£900,000 is supporting three innovative prevention programmes, in Sutton, Lambeth and Waltham Forest, and £1.4m of the funding is supporting projects to enhance the support and response for victims of domestic abuse. More details of the funding are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/violence-against-women-and-girls-service-transformation-fund-successful-bids-2017-to-2020</a></p><p>Additionally, the Mayors Office of Policing and Crime (MOPAC) are being provided with £2.86M to 2020 from the Police Transformation Fund to support the Drive project, a preventative response to priority high risk perpetrators of domestic abuse</p><p>The Home Office also supports the national VAWG Helplines and recently committed funding of up to £1.1m per annum for these services until 2021.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 11/12/2018 17:29:31 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1019451

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Diabetes: Lewisham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the (a) London borough of Lewisham and (b) Lewisham Deptford constituency are at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	198336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>Data concerning the number of people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes at a London borough and constituency level is not centrally held.</p><p> </p><p>Public Health England has developed a prevalence model for non-diabetic hyperglycaemia which estimates that in 2015 there were 25,692 individuals living in Lewisham Local Authority at risk of type 2 diabetes.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:49:40 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1019452

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Lewisham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the pupil to teacher ratio was in primary schools in (a) Lewisham Deptford constituency and (b) the London borough of Lewisham in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	198337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the pupil to teacher ratios, calculated using both qualified and unqualified teachers, in state funded primary schools (excluding nursery schools) in Lewisham, Deptford constituency, the London Borough of Lewisham, and England from November 2011 to 2017. These figures are not available for 2010.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Pupil to teacher ratios[1] <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Primary Schools[2]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Lewisham, Deptford</p></td><td><p>London Borough of Lewisham</p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011[3]</p></td><td><p>23.4</p></td><td><p>23.4</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012[4]</p></td><td><p>23.3</p></td><td><p>24.0</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013[5]</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>22.1</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014[6]</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>21.5</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td><td><p>21.2</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>20.3</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>20.5</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td><td><p>20.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census and Pupil Census</p><p> </p><p>[1] The Pupil Teacher Ratios (PTRs) are calculated by dividing the total full time equivalent (FTE) number of pupils on roll in schools in each year by the total number of FTE teachers in schools in each year. Where schools are not open on Census day (January) they are excluded. See School Workforce Census methodology document for further information: Methodology: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719857/SWFC_MethodologyDocument_.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/719857/SWFC_MethodologyDocument_.pdf</a>.</p><p>[2] Excludes nursery schools.</p><p>[3] Figures for Lewisham exclude 23 out of 66 primary schools that had PTRs that were not credible</p><p>or did not provide a return for teachers.</p><p>[4] Figures for Lewisham exclude 12 out of 66 primary schools that were not credible.</p><p>[5] Figures for Lewisham exclude four out of 67 primary schools that were not credible.</p><p>[6] Figures for Lewisham exclude one out of 66 primary schools that were not credible.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 11/12/2018 12:31:23 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1019445

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nabiximols
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in England have been prescribed Sativex in each year since 2010
	tabling member constituency	Gower
	tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
	uin	198333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital reports that it does not hold information on the number of people in England who were prescribed Sativex in the years specified.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital does, however, hold data about prescription items dispensed by doctors and community pharmacies in England, which is detailed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cannabis (Sativex)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,502</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,964</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,813</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,832</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,703</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,448</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,249</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,204</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Prescription Cost Analysis, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Information is provided for Cannabis (Sativex) as listed in the British National Formulary in Section 10.2.2 – Skeletal muscle relaxants, using the classification system prior to edition 70.</li><li>NHS Digital does not hold data on drugs dispensed in hospitals, including mental health trusts, or private prescriptions.</li><li>NHS Digital does not hold data about prescriptions written but not dispensed.</li></ol> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 11/12/2018 16:52:23 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi