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	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/07/2019
	date	02/07/2019
	date tabled	02/07/2019
	ddp created	02/07/2019 19:54:44
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	03/07/2019 14:55:07 02/08/2019 15:03:04
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	identifier	272170
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/08/2019 14:31:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days in courts were presided over by a recorder in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) Greater Manchester in (i) each of the last three financial years and (ii) the 2019-20 financial year.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 272170
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	272170
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The number of sittings days sat by recorders in the last three financial years in the requested locations are set out in the table below. These figures cover sitting days by recorders in County, Family and Crown Courts.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017</p></td><td><p>1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018</p></td><td><p>1 April 2018 to 31 December 2018<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>30,769</p></td><td><p>30,459</p></td><td><p>16,801</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater London</p></td><td><p>9,578</p></td><td><p>8,907</p></td><td><p>4,566</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>1,522</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td><td><p>907</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Note these figures are only for nine months as opposed to the twelve months in the columns for 2016/17 and 2017/18. This is because the latest published data only runs to December 2018 and under the Code of Practice for Official Statistics we cannot provide any more recent data until that data (covering 2019) has been published. The data for 2019 will be published in June 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The latest published data is available here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019</a>. It is part of the Royal Courts of Justice Annual Tables (which contain at Table 5.2 a breakdown of sitting days by type of work and level of judge)</p><p> </p><p>The data source for these figures are a number of operational systems and as such are liable to change and may not reflect previously published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Last year Crown Court trial waiting times were at their lowest since 2014, with this year’s allocation of sitting days reflecting this.</p> question first answered 02/08/2019 14:31:06
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140526

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2019
	date	19/07/2019
	date tabled	19/07/2019
	ddp created	19/07/2019 14:24:44
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	22/07/2019 14:25:23 02/08/2019 14:49:02
	hansard heading	Translation Services
	house id	1
	identifier	279405
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/08/2019 14:17:37
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275723, what the total spend of his Department was on translation services (a) in the 2017-18 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2018.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 279405
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	279405
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>This question has been interpreted to mean costs for all language services, both translators, and interpreters provided in a court setting, and for printed materials available in HMCTS buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The spend by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service on courts translations services was as follows,</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year 2017-18</p></td><td><p>11,487,719.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year 2018-19</p></td><td><p>11,000,690.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 – 30 Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>3,670,157.83</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures do not include any expenditure related to central funds as these are not included in the accounts for HM Courts and Tribunals Service.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show language service requests are at their highest since the new contract was introduced in 2016 the clear majority were fulfilled. It is vital that victims, witnesses and defendants understand what is happening in court to ensure justice is done, and we will always take steps to ensure a qualified interpreter is provided when needed.</p> question first answered 02/08/2019 14:17:37
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140527

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	24/07/2019
	date	19/07/2019
	date tabled	19/07/2019
	ddp created	19/07/2019 14:24:46
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	ddp modified	19/07/2019 14:25:38 02/08/2019 15:20:03
	hansard heading	Translation Services
	house id	1
	identifier	279412
	legislature	25259
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	02/08/2019 14:48:03
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275723 on Translation Services, how much funding was allocated to each provider of translation services in each financial year since 2010-11.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 279412
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	279412
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>HMCTS do not allocate funding by supplier for any type of expenditure, so would not be able to provide details on how much was allocated for translation services by supplier.</p> question first answered 02/08/2019 14:48:03
	creator	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi
	publisher	25259
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi