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226050

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will review his Department's decision not to provide legal aid to petitioners appearing before the High Speed Rail (London - West Midlands) Bill Select Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	226752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Decisions about legal aid funding in civil cases are a matter for the Director of Legal Aid Casework and his staff at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), which is responsible for administering the legal aid scheme. Ministers cannot intervene in decisions made about the grant of funding in individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA refused an application for funding from the High Speed 2 Action Alliance (“HS2AA”) in relation to the Bill procedure, as it did not meet the statutory criteria to receive public funding in respect of either means or exceptional funding. A review of the refusal of the application was sought and the LAA has upheld its decision.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/03/2015 13:00:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

225918

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff have (a) left and (b) joined the workforce in each privately-run prison in England and Wales in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	226678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p /> <p /> <p>Staff working at private prisons are employed by a number of providers, to deliver a range of services. These include, for example, probation services, education and healthcare, as well as custodial services. While each prison is managed by a main contracted provider, it is not possible to provide information covering workforce staff employed by all these providers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:32:35 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

226051

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Contempt of Court
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter sent on 2 February 2015 to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley by HM Courts and Tribunals Service's Performance, Analysis and Reporting Team, what the (a) name of the judge, (b) date, (c) period of committal and (d) court was of each court order issued by courts in England and Wales for contempt of court since November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
	tabling member printed	John Hemming
	uin	226767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Details of contempt of court hearings are not held on Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) case management systems, and HMCTS do not centrally collate data on contempt of court cases. Contempt of court can cover a wide variety of circumstances and can be committed by a party in a case or by someone unconnected with specific proceedings such as a juror or a member of the press. Those relating to a specific case will be noted on the court log or daily list and the warrant retained on file. Those not relating to specific cases will be recorded on daily lists and warrants stored along with other orders.</p><p> </p><p>In order to identify all cases where a contempt of court occurred in every Crown Court centre, County Court centre, Family Court centre, magistrates’ court and the Royal Courts of Justice, HMCTS would have to manually check daily records for each courtroom at every court centre for the 4 months from November 2014 to February 2015. This would incur disproportionate costs.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/03/2015 11:53:54 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1483 label Biography information for John Hemming

225920

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average starting salary is for prison officer grade staff in each privately-run prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	226677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Information on average starting salaries for Prison Custody Officers in privately-run prisons in England and Wales is given in the following table:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HM Prison</p></td><td><p>Starting salary</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>(£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Altcourse</p></td><td><p>21,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>20,561</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bronzefield</p></td><td><p>23,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dovegate</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Bank</p></td><td><p>19,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lowdham Grange</p></td><td><p>17,654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>19,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakwood</p></td><td><p>20,677</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>19,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rye Hill</p></td><td><p>21,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parc</p></td><td><p>21,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thameside</p></td><td><p>20,804</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:45:48 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

226056

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people leaving prison since 1 February 2015 after sentences of under 12 months have been supervised by a community rehabilitation company.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	226834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 1 February 2015, provisions of the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 came into force, which extend post release supervision to offenders released from sentences of more than one day but less than 12 months. These provisions apply to any offender whose offence was committed on or after 1 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Official figures for the number of short sentenced offenders supervised by Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) are not currently published. However, there will be a gradual increase in the number of offenders eligible for post-release supervision as cases flow through the courts. We will closely monitor numbers of all offenders being released into the supervision of both the National Probation Service and CRCs, including those from sentences of less than 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/03/2015 16:12:18 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

225919

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many days' training on average new prison officers receive before starting work in each privately-run prison in England and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Jenny Chapman
	uin	226679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On average each prison custody officer receives 45 days of training before commencing officer duties. The training given is approved by the Ministry of Justice and equates to that undertaken by new-entrant prison officers in the public sector. Candidates who do not complete the course satisfactorily will not be employed.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:45:42 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	3972 label Biography information for Baroness Chapman of Darlington

226048

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Policy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what policies contained in the 2010 Coalition Agreement and falling under his Department's responsibilities have not yet been implemented; and what the reasons are for each such policy's non-implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	226779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since 2010 MoJ has delivered major changes by reducing costs in the services we provide and seeking to improve the way we provide them. Our extensive reform programme, covering all areas of the justice system, including back office functions, has reduced net spend by £1.7bn, or 19% in real terms, in 2013-14 compared to 2010-11, and is expected to reduce by a total of over £3bn or 34% in real terms by 2015-16.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice has been working hard to deliver its commitments from the 2010 coalition agreement including major programmes such as Transforming Rehabilitation, which is now changing the lives of offenders.</p><p> </p><p>We have met our commitment to revolutionise rehabilitation by establishing a new National Probation Service and 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies, which are now up and running, supervising offenders. We have changed the law to ensure that every offender will receive rehabilitative support for at least a year after release from prison. The Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 also introduces a new Rehabilitation Activity Requirement to aid in the rehabilitation of offenders in the community.</p><p> </p><p>We are reforming the prison system to create a fit-for-purpose, modern estate which provides accommodation at a much lower cost to the taxpayer. We are ensuring that the sentencing framework operates as efficiently and effectively as possible and delivers appropriate punishment of offenders, without compromising on public safety. We are continuing to transform the prison system, and we have announced the construction of a new prison in Wales. The construction of four new house blocks at established prisons will provide modern accommodation at a lower cost to the taxpayer, and three of these have already been completed.</p><p>We are transforming youth custody to create a more cost-effective system which ensures that young people are appropriately punished, while at the same time receiving the support and education required to turn away from a life of crime. We have legislated to create Secure Colleges and we have awarded new education contracts in Young Offender Institutions that will more than double the number of hours education young people receive.</p><p>We are creating a more affordable and sustainable Legal Aid system. The Legal Aid Transformation Programme was put in place after the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act came into force on 1 April 2013. Its aim is to examine the possibilities of further legal aid savings, including the concept of tendering to be a criminal legal aid provider, and to identify ways in which public confidence could be improved.</p><p>We have met our commitment to provide greater transparency by extending the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to Academy schools and the Association of Chief Police Officers amongst others.</p><p>Only one policy from the 2010 Coalition Agreement, as set out in the ‘Programme for Government’ document, has not been implemented. The Coalition government made it clear from the outset that it would only extend anonymity in rape cases to defendants if there was clear and sound evidence to justify it. The proposal was not progressed. An announcement to this effect was made in November 2010.<br> <br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 16/03/2015 17:33:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

226053

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of cases employment tribunals found in favour of the employee in the 12 months (a) before and (b) after the introduction of fees.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Meg Munn
	uin	226836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The table below outlines the employee success rate at employment tribunals for the 12 month period a) before and b) after the introduction of fees on 29 July 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The table shows the four quarters wholly before fees were introduced from July 2012 to June 2013, and the four quarters wholly after fees were introduced from October 2013 to September 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Employment tribunal cases can be brought under a number of jurisdictions called complaints. Each jurisdictional complaint is decided separately within a case. The information provided is the number of jurisdictional complaints that were decided by an employment tribunal. Individual cases can have a number of outcomes for different jurisdictional complaints.</p><p> </p><p>Employment tribunal outcomes are published quarterly at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Jurisdictional Complaints disposed pre and post fees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2012 to June 2013</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>% of total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimant Successful<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>34,998</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimant Unsuccessful<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>48,257</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Jurisdictional complaints disposed</p></td><td><p>235,811</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2013 to September 2014</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>% of total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimant Successful<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>23,034</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Claimant Unsuccessful<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>38,476</p></td><td><p>63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Jurisdictional complaints disposed</p></td><td><p>218,615</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1</sup> Claimant Successful includes Successful at Hearing and where a Default Judgment is made.</p><p><sup>2</sup> Claimant Unsuccessful includes Unsuccessful at Hearing, Default Judgment Claimant Unsuccessful, Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing and case Struck Out</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 25/03/2015 17:40:21 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1448 label Biography information for Meg Munn

225924

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Administration of Estates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to enable the executors of a deceased person's estate to access the funds in the executors' account prior to obtaining grant of probate, and avoid the need for the executors to set up a personal bank account.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	226643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We have taken 'executors' account' to refer to the deceased person's account.</p><p> </p><p>A bank may permit an executor to withdraw money from the deceased’s bank account before probate is granted. However, the bank in question will be liable to the deceased’s estate if it releases funds to the wrong person. The bank may therefore insist on production of proof of the executor’s right to administer the deceased’s estate, namely the grant of probate, before releasing the money.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government considers that this strikes a fair balance between the parties and has no plans to change the law at present. Information about the role of executors and the significance of the grant of probate is available from various sources including <a href="https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/overview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/wills-probate-inheritance/overview</a> and <a href="http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/ihtmanual/ihtm05101.htm" target="_blank">http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/ihtmanual/ihtm05101.htm</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 16/03/2015 16:34:13 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

226052

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, Official Report, columns 134-5WS, on transforming rehabilitation, whether any of the winning bidders for the running of the 21 community rehabilitation companies were not involved when the contracts went live on 1 February 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	226854
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2015 answer text <p>Contracts were signed on behalf of the Secretary of State for Justice with the new owners of the 21 Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) on 18 December 2014 and on 1 February 2015, new owners assumed control of the CRCs and delivery of probation services to low and medium risk offenders. On 1 February, all providers who signed contracts on 18 December 2014 assumed ownership of the CRC for which they had successfully bid.</p><p><br><br></p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 12/03/2015 16:07:46 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan