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1122317

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes in courts staffing and courts closures on access to justice.
	tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
	tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
	uin	910445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Any decision to close a court is not taken lightly, but in circumstances where 41% of our courts operated in 2016-17 at half their available capacity and where we are investing £1 billion in courts and bringing them up to date, the Ministry of Justice has to think carefully about where our court resources are most effectively and efficiently spent.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:35:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

1121478

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Asylum: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timeline is for tabling an amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 which would grant legal aid to unaccompanied and separated children.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	244118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We have committed to lay legislation to bring non-asylum immigration matters into the scope of legal aid for separated migrant children. Subject to parliamentary time allowing we will be laying this legislation in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:02:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1121373

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Care Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and proportion of cases before the family courts in England involve women who have been subject to previous care proceedings involving another child in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	244101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on cases before the family courts that involve women who have been the subject of previous care proceedings involving another child.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 15:38:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1121374

	registered interest
	date	11/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Care Proceedings
	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 the average cost of a care proceeding before the family courts in each of the last 3 years.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	244102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s latest estimates of the average cost (rounded to the nearest £10) of a public law case before the family courts, covering both the issue and hearing stages, are:</p><p>2017/18 £4,180</p><p>2016/17 £3,790</p><p>2015/16 £4,270</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 15:39:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1122314

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What his policy is on the provision of legal aid for inquests.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	910441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We published our review of legal aid for inquests on 7 February. The evidence confirmed the inquest process should remain about fact finding and establishing the truth rather than apportioning blame.</p><p> </p><p>We are working on raising the awareness of legal aid for representation at inquests by publishing new guidance for bereaved people. Legal aid for inquests is available through the Exceptional Case Funding scheme, and we are working to simplify the application process for this.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to ensuring bereaved families are properly supported and able to participate in the inquest process. We believe families should be at the heart of the coronial process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:28:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1122316

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Divorce
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to consider the views of the public before proposing changes to divorce laws.
	tabling member constituency	Congleton
	tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
	uin	910443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Hostility and conflict between parents leave their mark on children and damage their life chances.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we intend to remove the need for blame when people divorce. A YouGov poll published the same day as our response to the consultation indicated 73% support for doing so.</p><p> </p><p>We held a full public consultation last year to test our detailed proposals. We have reflected on the experience and insight that people brought from all perspectives.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 16:31:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1111025

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	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, how many of the Employment Support Allowance appeals to the First Tier Tribunal that were cleared without a hearing were (a) withdrawn, (b) struck out and (c) superseded in (a) Quarter 1 and (b) Quarter 2 of 2018-19.
	tabling member constituency	Westminster North
	tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
	uin	243311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Information about outcomes for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The information requested is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Benefit</p></td><td><p>Outcome Type</p></td><td><p>Quarter 1 (April to June) 2018/19<strong><sup> p</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>Quarter 2 (July to September) 2018/19<strong><sup> p</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>ESA<sup> 1</sup></p></td><td><p>Withdrawn</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck out</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Superseded</p></td><td><p>2380</p></td><td><p>1748</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup>Data includes ESA and Incapacity Benefit reassessment. ESA was introduced in October 2008 and Incapacity Benefit reassessment followed in October 2010.</p><p><strong><sup>p</sup></strong> Provisional data subject to change.</p><p>An SSCS appeal may be captured more than once as a hearing or non-hearing clearance should the original decision be overturned, set aside or an Upper Tribunal re-hearing is granted.</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> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Latest figures for ESA (Between April 2014 – September 2018) indicate that 3.9m ESA (post WCA) decisions have been made, of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/04/2019 15:37:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1122319

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress his Department has made on recruiting 2,500 new prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
	uin	910449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>We have met our target to recruit an additional 2,500 prison officers ahead of schedule; at the end of December 2018 we had a net increase of 4,767 FTE Band 3 to 5 prison officers since we began at the end of October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It is the highest number of officers in post since 31 March 2012.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/04/2019 16:39:06 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair

1122315

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress his Department has made on tackling mobile phone use in prisons.
	tabling member constituency	Lewes
	tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
	uin	910442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Our strategy to tackling the security threat posed by mobile phones is threefold:</p><ul><li>we must prevent them from getting into our prisons in the first place by expanding airport-style security, including metal detectors and X-ray scanners;</li><li>we must find and stop those phones from working through using portable detection poles and the latest detection and signal-blocking technologies;</li><li>we must also exploit the data held on those phones. We have delivered new kits at 30 prisons to allow staff to download data from illicit phones quickly.</li></ul> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/04/2019 16:36:20 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1122318

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the private probation system.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	910447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Transforming Rehabilitation opened up probation to a diverse range of providers and extended support and supervision to an additional 40,000 offenders leaving prison.</p><p> </p><p>The NPS is performing well in supervising higher-risk offenders. But I have been clear that the performance of CRCs needs to improve.</p><p> </p><p>That is why we are ending contracts early, investing more money in Through the Gate services and continuing to consult partners and experts on how to achieve the right balance between public, private and voluntary delivery of services.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 23/04/2019 16:37:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock