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1198080

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/06/2020
	date	01/06/2020
	date tabled	01/06/2020
	ddp created	01/06/2020 15:23:09
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/06/2020 16:17:05 09/06/2020 10:49:19
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	identifier	51898
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 10:17:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims were submitted to the Legal Aid Agency for police station attendances in England and Wales in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 51898
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51898
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Expenditure on police station advice is published as part of Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics. This data can be viewed by accessing Column ‘L’ of the table 2.2 at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by the Legal Aid agency for police station attendances is also published in the Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics at table 2.1, please note that the number of claims for ‘attendances’ can be found at Column C. These are a specific subset of total claims for all types of police station advice which can be found at Column L of the same table</p><p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Justice because the Legal Aid Agency does not record this type of information about Legal Aid Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Please note for the figures provided that some firms may have more than 1 office. There are currently 1,147 firms holding a criminal legal aid contract, and this equates to 1,697 offices. This data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2021/21 (at June 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Firms</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Offices</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note ‘New firms’ may be the result of mergers and acquisitions outside of the tender process. Firms may have withdrawn and then re-entered into new contract later. This data has been provided on yearly basis as the data is too granular to provide month on month changes - the year end position has been shown for active firms/offices. There were formal tenders in 2010 and 2017, hence the larger numbers. In 2015/16 after the competitive tender was set aside new firms that had been successful in their bid for an own client contract were allowed to deliver services. The data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 June 2020 we have 4455 duty solicitors listed on our database allocated slots for the current rota period. The LAA publishes the duty solicitor rotas here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 2063 reps which includes probationary and accredited on the current list and it is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the Covid19 restrictions have had an impact on the volume of work conducted by Legal Aid providers. The LAA have been in contact with providers to assess the impact on their businesses. Many have reported taking advantage of the schemes made available by HMT and we continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> question first answered 09/06/2020 10:17:19
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1198082

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/06/2020
	date	01/06/2020
	date tabled	01/06/2020
	ddp created	01/06/2020 15:23:14
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/06/2020 16:17:10 09/06/2020 10:49:18
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	identifier	51899
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 10:17:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many paralegals work for firms of solicitors with a criminal legal aid contract.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 51899
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51899
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Expenditure on police station advice is published as part of Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics. This data can be viewed by accessing Column ‘L’ of the table 2.2 at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by the Legal Aid agency for police station attendances is also published in the Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics at table 2.1, please note that the number of claims for ‘attendances’ can be found at Column C. These are a specific subset of total claims for all types of police station advice which can be found at Column L of the same table</p><p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Justice because the Legal Aid Agency does not record this type of information about Legal Aid Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Please note for the figures provided that some firms may have more than 1 office. There are currently 1,147 firms holding a criminal legal aid contract, and this equates to 1,697 offices. This data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2021/21 (at June 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Firms</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Offices</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note ‘New firms’ may be the result of mergers and acquisitions outside of the tender process. Firms may have withdrawn and then re-entered into new contract later. This data has been provided on yearly basis as the data is too granular to provide month on month changes - the year end position has been shown for active firms/offices. There were formal tenders in 2010 and 2017, hence the larger numbers. In 2015/16 after the competitive tender was set aside new firms that had been successful in their bid for an own client contract were allowed to deliver services. The data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 June 2020 we have 4455 duty solicitors listed on our database allocated slots for the current rota period. The LAA publishes the duty solicitor rotas here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 2063 reps which includes probationary and accredited on the current list and it is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the Covid19 restrictions have had an impact on the volume of work conducted by Legal Aid providers. The LAA have been in contact with providers to assess the impact on their businesses. Many have reported taking advantage of the schemes made available by HMT and we continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> question first answered 09/06/2020 10:17:19
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1198083

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/06/2020
	date	01/06/2020
	date tabled	01/06/2020
	ddp created	01/06/2020 15:23:17
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/06/2020 16:17:12 09/06/2020 10:49:15
	hansard heading	Solicitors: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	identifier	51900
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 10:17:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms of solicitors hold a criminal legal aid contract as at 1 June 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 51900
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51900
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Expenditure on police station advice is published as part of Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics. This data can be viewed by accessing Column ‘L’ of the table 2.2 at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by the Legal Aid agency for police station attendances is also published in the Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics at table 2.1, please note that the number of claims for ‘attendances’ can be found at Column C. These are a specific subset of total claims for all types of police station advice which can be found at Column L of the same table</p><p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Justice because the Legal Aid Agency does not record this type of information about Legal Aid Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Please note for the figures provided that some firms may have more than 1 office. There are currently 1,147 firms holding a criminal legal aid contract, and this equates to 1,697 offices. This data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2021/21 (at June 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Firms</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Offices</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note ‘New firms’ may be the result of mergers and acquisitions outside of the tender process. Firms may have withdrawn and then re-entered into new contract later. This data has been provided on yearly basis as the data is too granular to provide month on month changes - the year end position has been shown for active firms/offices. There were formal tenders in 2010 and 2017, hence the larger numbers. In 2015/16 after the competitive tender was set aside new firms that had been successful in their bid for an own client contract were allowed to deliver services. The data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 June 2020 we have 4455 duty solicitors listed on our database allocated slots for the current rota period. The LAA publishes the duty solicitor rotas here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 2063 reps which includes probationary and accredited on the current list and it is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the Covid19 restrictions have had an impact on the volume of work conducted by Legal Aid providers. The LAA have been in contact with providers to assess the impact on their businesses. Many have reported taking advantage of the schemes made available by HMT and we continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> question first answered 09/06/2020 10:17:19
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1198084

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/06/2020
	date	01/06/2020
	date tabled	01/06/2020
	ddp created	01/06/2020 15:23:20
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/06/2020 16:17:15 09/06/2020 10:49:14
	hansard heading	Legal Profession: Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	identifier	51901
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 10:17:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many new law firms have obtained a criminal legal aid contract in each year since 2010.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 51901
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51901
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Expenditure on police station advice is published as part of Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics. This data can be viewed by accessing Column ‘L’ of the table 2.2 at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by the Legal Aid agency for police station attendances is also published in the Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics at table 2.1, please note that the number of claims for ‘attendances’ can be found at Column C. These are a specific subset of total claims for all types of police station advice which can be found at Column L of the same table</p><p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Justice because the Legal Aid Agency does not record this type of information about Legal Aid Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Please note for the figures provided that some firms may have more than 1 office. There are currently 1,147 firms holding a criminal legal aid contract, and this equates to 1,697 offices. This data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2021/21 (at June 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Firms</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Offices</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note ‘New firms’ may be the result of mergers and acquisitions outside of the tender process. Firms may have withdrawn and then re-entered into new contract later. This data has been provided on yearly basis as the data is too granular to provide month on month changes - the year end position has been shown for active firms/offices. There were formal tenders in 2010 and 2017, hence the larger numbers. In 2015/16 after the competitive tender was set aside new firms that had been successful in their bid for an own client contract were allowed to deliver services. The data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 June 2020 we have 4455 duty solicitors listed on our database allocated slots for the current rota period. The LAA publishes the duty solicitor rotas here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 2063 reps which includes probationary and accredited on the current list and it is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the Covid19 restrictions have had an impact on the volume of work conducted by Legal Aid providers. The LAA have been in contact with providers to assess the impact on their businesses. Many have reported taking advantage of the schemes made available by HMT and we continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> question first answered 09/06/2020 10:17:19
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1198085

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/06/2020
	date	01/06/2020
	date tabled	01/06/2020
	ddp created	01/06/2020 15:23:23
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/06/2020 16:17:18 09/06/2020 10:49:12
	hansard heading	Duty Solicitors
	house id	1
	identifier	51902
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 10:17:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Duty Solicitors there are in England and Wales as at 1 June 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 51902
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51902
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Expenditure on police station advice is published as part of Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics. This data can be viewed by accessing Column ‘L’ of the table 2.2 at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by the Legal Aid agency for police station attendances is also published in the Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics at table 2.1, please note that the number of claims for ‘attendances’ can be found at Column C. These are a specific subset of total claims for all types of police station advice which can be found at Column L of the same table</p><p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Justice because the Legal Aid Agency does not record this type of information about Legal Aid Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Please note for the figures provided that some firms may have more than 1 office. There are currently 1,147 firms holding a criminal legal aid contract, and this equates to 1,697 offices. This data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2021/21 (at June 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Firms</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Offices</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note ‘New firms’ may be the result of mergers and acquisitions outside of the tender process. Firms may have withdrawn and then re-entered into new contract later. This data has been provided on yearly basis as the data is too granular to provide month on month changes - the year end position has been shown for active firms/offices. There were formal tenders in 2010 and 2017, hence the larger numbers. In 2015/16 after the competitive tender was set aside new firms that had been successful in their bid for an own client contract were allowed to deliver services. The data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 June 2020 we have 4455 duty solicitors listed on our database allocated slots for the current rota period. The LAA publishes the duty solicitor rotas here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 2063 reps which includes probationary and accredited on the current list and it is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the Covid19 restrictions have had an impact on the volume of work conducted by Legal Aid providers. The LAA have been in contact with providers to assess the impact on their businesses. Many have reported taking advantage of the schemes made available by HMT and we continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> question first answered 09/06/2020 10:17:19
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1198086

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/06/2020
	date	01/06/2020
	date tabled	01/06/2020
	ddp created	01/06/2020 15:23:25
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/06/2020 16:17:22 09/06/2020 10:49:10
	hansard heading	Police Stations
	house id	1
	identifier	51903
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 10:17:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many accredited police station representatives there are in England and Wales as at 1 June 2020.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 51903
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51903
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Expenditure on police station advice is published as part of Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics. This data can be viewed by accessing Column ‘L’ of the table 2.2 at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by the Legal Aid agency for police station attendances is also published in the Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics at table 2.1, please note that the number of claims for ‘attendances’ can be found at Column C. These are a specific subset of total claims for all types of police station advice which can be found at Column L of the same table</p><p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Justice because the Legal Aid Agency does not record this type of information about Legal Aid Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Please note for the figures provided that some firms may have more than 1 office. There are currently 1,147 firms holding a criminal legal aid contract, and this equates to 1,697 offices. This data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2021/21 (at June 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Firms</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Offices</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note ‘New firms’ may be the result of mergers and acquisitions outside of the tender process. Firms may have withdrawn and then re-entered into new contract later. This data has been provided on yearly basis as the data is too granular to provide month on month changes - the year end position has been shown for active firms/offices. There were formal tenders in 2010 and 2017, hence the larger numbers. In 2015/16 after the competitive tender was set aside new firms that had been successful in their bid for an own client contract were allowed to deliver services. The data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 June 2020 we have 4455 duty solicitors listed on our database allocated slots for the current rota period. The LAA publishes the duty solicitor rotas here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 2063 reps which includes probationary and accredited on the current list and it is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the Covid19 restrictions have had an impact on the volume of work conducted by Legal Aid providers. The LAA have been in contact with providers to assess the impact on their businesses. Many have reported taking advantage of the schemes made available by HMT and we continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> question first answered 09/06/2020 10:17:19
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1198289

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/06/2020
	date	01/06/2020
	date tabled	01/06/2020
	ddp created	01/06/2020 15:32:44
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	01/06/2020 16:25:52 09/06/2020 10:49:09
	hansard heading	Legal Profession: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	identifier	51905
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	09/06/2020 10:17:19
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of law firms holding a criminal legal aid contract.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 51905
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51905
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Expenditure on police station advice is published as part of Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics. This data can be viewed by accessing Column ‘L’ of the table 2.2 at this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by the Legal Aid agency for police station attendances is also published in the Legal Aid Agency’s Quarterly Statistics at table 2.1, please note that the number of claims for ‘attendances’ can be found at Column C. These are a specific subset of total claims for all types of police station advice which can be found at Column L of the same table</p><p> </p><p>This information is not held by the Ministry of Justice because the Legal Aid Agency does not record this type of information about Legal Aid Providers.</p><p> </p><p>Please note for the figures provided that some firms may have more than 1 office. There are currently 1,147 firms holding a criminal legal aid contract, and this equates to 1,697 offices. This data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2021/21 (at June 20)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Firms</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>115</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Offices</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note ‘New firms’ may be the result of mergers and acquisitions outside of the tender process. Firms may have withdrawn and then re-entered into new contract later. This data has been provided on yearly basis as the data is too granular to provide month on month changes - the year end position has been shown for active firms/offices. There were formal tenders in 2010 and 2017, hence the larger numbers. In 2015/16 after the competitive tender was set aside new firms that had been successful in their bid for an own client contract were allowed to deliver services. The data is correct at 3rd June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 June 2020 we have 4455 duty solicitors listed on our database allocated slots for the current rota period. The LAA publishes the duty solicitor rotas here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/duty-solicitors-rotas-information-and-guidance#duty-solicitor-rotas-1st-april-2020-to-september-30-2020---first-publication</a></p><p> </p><p>There are 2063 reps which includes probationary and accredited on the current list and it is published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/standard-crime-contract-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the Covid19 restrictions have had an impact on the volume of work conducted by Legal Aid providers. The LAA have been in contact with providers to assess the impact on their businesses. Many have reported taking advantage of the schemes made available by HMT and we continue to monitor the situation closely.</p> question first answered 09/06/2020 10:17:19
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1201737

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	15/06/2020
	date	09/06/2020
	date tabled	09/06/2020
	ddp created	09/06/2020 18:49:42
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	09/06/2020 18:59:00 15/06/2020 17:05:18
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
	house id	1
	identifier	57186
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	15/06/2020 16:33:32
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil legal aid claims for asylum appeal cases exceeded the escape fee from legal aid providers in (a) London and (b) England and Wales.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 57186
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	57186
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>FINANCIAL YEAR</p></td><td><p>LONDON ESCAPE CLAIMS</p></td><td><p>ALL ESCAPE CLAIMS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>462</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>528</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20*</p></td><td><p>347</p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*Please note: The figures for the year 2019-20 covers only the months April to December 2019.</strong></p> question first answered 15/06/2020 16:33:32
	creator	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1203355

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	16/06/2020
	date	12/06/2020
	date tabled	12/06/2020
	ddp created	12/06/2020 14:34:57
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	12/06/2020 14:40:20 18/06/2020 16:22:06
	hansard heading	Royal Commission On Criminal Justice
	house id	1
	identifier	59243
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	18/06/2020 15:50:50
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his timescale is for announcing the (a) Chair and (b) terms of reference of the proposed Royal Commission on Criminal Justice announced in the Queen's Speech of December 2019.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Witney
	tabling member printed	Robert Courts
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59243
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59243
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Royal Commission is an important opportunity to address some of the key issues affecting the criminal justice system.</p><p>As we emerge from this unprecedented pandemic, we are carefully addressing the scope, terms of reference and membership of the Commission. In doing so we intend to embrace the lessons we can learn from the present crisis with Covid-19 to help make the system more resilient.</p><p>As this work develops, further announcements will be made in due course.</p> question first answered 18/06/2020 15:50:50
	creator	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

1204280

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	18/06/2020
	date	16/06/2020
	date tabled	16/06/2020
	ddp created	17/06/2020 04:17:51
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	17/06/2020 18:25:21 24/06/2020 10:42:08
	hansard heading	Gambling: Crime
	house id	1
	identifier	59910
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	24/06/2020 10:10:27
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are in custody for acquisitive crimes associated with gambling addiction.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 59910
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	59910
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In answering these questions we have interpreted people who are in custody for acquisitive crimes associated with gambling addiction as people who are in custody for these crimes because of their gambling addiction.</p><p>It has not been possible to estimate the numbers of people who are in custody for acquisitive crimes because of their gambling addiction, and the numbers of people who are remanded in custody post-conviction for these crimes, because this specific data could only be obtained at a disproportionate cost to the department.</p> question first answered 24/06/2020 10:10:27
	creator	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden