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1579845

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judges and Prison Officers: Disciplinary Proceedings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what happens to the disciplinary records of (a) judges and (b) prison officers when they change (i) gender and (ii) name.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	129774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <ol start="1"><li><p>The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice are jointly responsible for judicial discipline. They are supported by the independent Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, which keeps a record of disciplinary findings made against Judicial Office Holders. Those records are kept indefinitely, and any disciplinary sanctions taken against Judicial Office Holders are published on the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office website. A subsequent change of gender and/name by a Judicial Office Holder would have no bearing on the retention of disciplinary records. Should a Judicial Office Holder with a published disciplinary sanction against them subsequently change their name, a note would be made to the published sanction which would identify this.</p></li></ol><ol start="2"><li><p>In relation to prison officers, processes are available to support the changing of an individual’s name and other characteristics within departmental HR records. Regardless of an individual’s gender or name, disciplinary records are retained in line with departmental document retention policies.</p></li></ol> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 30/01/2023 14:03:04 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1416987

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many band 3 to 5 prison officers have received training to deal with terrorist or extremist prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	112567
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <ol><li>Counter terrorism training is available to all prison staff either remotely, when it is more convenient for establishments, or face-to-face. Training is now also more flexible, with sessions available in evenings and at weekends.</li></ol><p>We started recording grade specific data in April 2021. Since then, a total of <strong>6,893</strong> band 3-5 prison officers have received Counter Terrorism training. This includes:</p><ul><li><strong>3,483</strong> existing Band 3-5 Prison Officers; and</li><li>All<strong> 3,410</strong> new Band 3 Prison Officers who have received CT training as part of their Prison Officer Entry Level Training induction course</li></ul><p>Whilst grade specific data has only been recorded since April 2021, all new officers Bands 3-5 have received ASPECTS (CT training) as part of their initial training, since 2017.</p><p>2.</p><p>a) The content of the counter terrorism training course is not published. There are no plans for publication due to the sensitive nature of the course and the risk it would pose to maintaining good order in prisons and national security.</p><p>b) The training course is one module and involves half a day of face-to-face delivery.</p><p> </p><p>3. The current Counter Terrorism training package is ASPECTS (Awareness for Staff on Prevent Extremism and the Counter Terrorism Strategy) and was developed by prison counter terrorism experts, counter-terrorism police and training specialists. It aims to provide staff working in prisons with an improved understanding of Counter Terrorism, radicalisation, and extremist ideologies which can be applied to their daily work with prisoners and improve staff confidence in challenging behaviours that are contrary to our fundamental values.</p><p> </p><p>The training package has undergone regular reviews to ensure it is up to date and responsive to feedback from trainers and attendees, which has been largely positive. In 2021, an external company also conducted a review and these findings, as well as data and responses from user surveys, will play a key role in the redevelopment of our training package, which is currently underway. Critical success factors for the redeveloped course are being established to ensure robust ongoing evaluation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 112568 112569 question first answered 01/02/2022 10:54:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1416988

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the (a) content and (b) length of each module in the training programme delivered to prison officers to deal with terrorist or extremist prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	112568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <ol><li>Counter terrorism training is available to all prison staff either remotely, when it is more convenient for establishments, or face-to-face. Training is now also more flexible, with sessions available in evenings and at weekends.</li></ol><p>We started recording grade specific data in April 2021. Since then, a total of <strong>6,893</strong> band 3-5 prison officers have received Counter Terrorism training. This includes:</p><ul><li><strong>3,483</strong> existing Band 3-5 Prison Officers; and</li><li>All<strong> 3,410</strong> new Band 3 Prison Officers who have received CT training as part of their Prison Officer Entry Level Training induction course</li></ul><p>Whilst grade specific data has only been recorded since April 2021, all new officers Bands 3-5 have received ASPECTS (CT training) as part of their initial training, since 2017.</p><p>2.</p><p>a) The content of the counter terrorism training course is not published. There are no plans for publication due to the sensitive nature of the course and the risk it would pose to maintaining good order in prisons and national security.</p><p>b) The training course is one module and involves half a day of face-to-face delivery.</p><p> </p><p>3. The current Counter Terrorism training package is ASPECTS (Awareness for Staff on Prevent Extremism and the Counter Terrorism Strategy) and was developed by prison counter terrorism experts, counter-terrorism police and training specialists. It aims to provide staff working in prisons with an improved understanding of Counter Terrorism, radicalisation, and extremist ideologies which can be applied to their daily work with prisoners and improve staff confidence in challenging behaviours that are contrary to our fundamental values.</p><p> </p><p>The training package has undergone regular reviews to ensure it is up to date and responsive to feedback from trainers and attendees, which has been largely positive. In 2021, an external company also conducted a review and these findings, as well as data and responses from user surveys, will play a key role in the redevelopment of our training package, which is currently underway. Critical success factors for the redeveloped course are being established to ensure robust ongoing evaluation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 112567 112569 question first answered 01/02/2022 10:54:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1416989

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Officers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of prison officer training programmes for dealing with terrorist or extremist prisoners.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	112569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2022 answer text <ol><li>Counter terrorism training is available to all prison staff either remotely, when it is more convenient for establishments, or face-to-face. Training is now also more flexible, with sessions available in evenings and at weekends.</li></ol><p>We started recording grade specific data in April 2021. Since then, a total of <strong>6,893</strong> band 3-5 prison officers have received Counter Terrorism training. This includes:</p><ul><li><strong>3,483</strong> existing Band 3-5 Prison Officers; and</li><li>All<strong> 3,410</strong> new Band 3 Prison Officers who have received CT training as part of their Prison Officer Entry Level Training induction course</li></ul><p>Whilst grade specific data has only been recorded since April 2021, all new officers Bands 3-5 have received ASPECTS (CT training) as part of their initial training, since 2017.</p><p>2.</p><p>a) The content of the counter terrorism training course is not published. There are no plans for publication due to the sensitive nature of the course and the risk it would pose to maintaining good order in prisons and national security.</p><p>b) The training course is one module and involves half a day of face-to-face delivery.</p><p> </p><p>3. The current Counter Terrorism training package is ASPECTS (Awareness for Staff on Prevent Extremism and the Counter Terrorism Strategy) and was developed by prison counter terrorism experts, counter-terrorism police and training specialists. It aims to provide staff working in prisons with an improved understanding of Counter Terrorism, radicalisation, and extremist ideologies which can be applied to their daily work with prisoners and improve staff confidence in challenging behaviours that are contrary to our fundamental values.</p><p> </p><p>The training package has undergone regular reviews to ensure it is up to date and responsive to feedback from trainers and attendees, which has been largely positive. In 2021, an external company also conducted a review and these findings, as well as data and responses from user surveys, will play a key role in the redevelopment of our training package, which is currently underway. Critical success factors for the redeveloped course are being established to ensure robust ongoing evaluation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins grouped question UIN 112567 112568 question first answered 01/02/2022 10:54:49 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1469146

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the accommodation status of prison leavers was who had an origin address in Wales (a) 2020 (b) 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	15320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p /><p><em>The latest available information is shown in the table below.</em></p><p><strong><em>Offenders released in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021 by Accommodation on Release, where the offender had an original address in Wales.</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Jan - Dec 2020</em></p></td><td><p><em>Jan - Mar 2021</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Settled Accommodation</em></p></td><td><p><em>1561</em></p></td><td><p><em>340</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Other Housed</em></p></td><td><p><em>511</em></p></td><td><p><em>115</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Bail/Probation Accommodation</em></p></td><td><p><em>325</em></p></td><td><p><em>68</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Homeless, Not Rough Sleeping</em></p></td><td><p><em>226</em></p></td><td><p><em>37</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Rough Sleeping</em></p></td><td><p><em>36</em></p></td><td><p><em>4</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Unknown</em></p></td><td><p><em>870</em></p></td><td><p><em>134</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>(1) A release is defi</em><em>ned as a release from prison where the prisoner has finished serving the custodial term of their sentence(s) and excludes:</em></p><ul><li><em>Persons submitted to custody for non-payment of fine</em></li><li><em>Releases to hospital</em></li><li><em>Deported prisoners from Home Office Immigration Removal Centres</em></li><li><em>Releases following recall after release on licence, except occasions where; (i) where the offender has committed a new offence and is committed to custody for a new sentence and the subsequent release date falls after the sentence expiry date of the original sentence, or (ii) where upon release the offender is subject to the licence condition of the new custodial sentence.</em></li></ul><p><em>(2) Where an offender was released multiple times within the same period only the last such release was counted.</em></p><ul><li><em>Settled Accommodation: (i) Any accommodation that provides a permanent independent housing solution including: As a house holder/owner; Rental Accommodation (Tenant) – private or social rental; Living with Friends and Family (Settled) - the person can reside in that home and is able to return to that home; or living with a friend with a bedroom available for the person’s use and access to domestic facilities; a caravan or boat that is viewed by the Person as their permanent home. (ii) Supported Housing - regardless of the duration of residency. (iii) Long Term Residential Healthcare.</em></li><li><em>Other Housed: Refers to individuals living in transient/temporary accommodation that does not provide a long-term solution to housing need. This was previously known as “Other unsettled accommodation”.</em></li><li><em>Bail/Probation Accommodation: Includes probation Approved Premises (AP), Bail Accommodation Support Services (BASS) accommodation, Community Accommodation Services (CAS3), and accommodation provided by the Home Office Immigration Enforcement Service.</em></li><li><em>Homeless – not rough sleeping: The individual does not have any accommodation they are entitled to occupy, or they have accommodation they are entitled to occupy but they cannot be reasonably expected to occupy it for any reason. Either: the individual occupies a property with no legal authority or permission to do so; or the individual may reside in night shelters, emergency hostels, direct access hostels or campsites.</em></li><li><em>Rough Sleeping: The individual does not have any accommodation they are entitled to occupy, or they have accommodation they are entitled to occupy but they cannot be reasonably expected to occupy it for any reason. The individual sleeps in open air (such as on the streets, in tents, doorways, parks, bus shelters or encampments) or in other places not designed for habitation (such as stairwells, barns, sheds, car parks, cars, derelict boats or stations).</em></li><li><em>Unknown: The accommodation status is unknown (either because the status is awaiting assessment, or no status is recorded, or there are multiple statuses, or due to other errors in the record, or there was no match between NOMIS and Delius).</em></li><li><em>Offenders were considered to have an original address in Wales based on the first of their most recent stated Home Address, Reception Address, Discharge Address, Court Address, or Next of Kin Address. Less than 1% of releases did not have any address information recorded, and have been excluded from this analysis.</em></li></ul> answering member constituency Corby answering member printed Tom Pursglove question first answered 14/06/2022 16:22:54 answering member 4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1455518

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Veterans: Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the fast track scheme for service leavers and veterans to become prison officers has begun; and what steps are being taken to promote that scheme, including through active outreach with veterans.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	149320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>'Advance into Justice,’ the Ministry of Justice fast-track scheme to support service leavers and veterans to become prison officers, was launched on 24 January 2022. The campaign closed on 14 February 2022 and candidates were assessed in March 2022. Those successful at assessment centre are currently progressing through the offer and hire process.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme was promoted in several ways including proactive social media communications in advance of the launch; dedicated candidate webinars to provide information on the role and the assessment process; active outreach at ex-Armed Forces’ recruitment fairs; and working collaboratively with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to engage service leavers as they transition from the military into civilian life.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign has received dedicated support from Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). A specific funding line to deliver campaign marketing, candidate outreach and assessment delivery was not needed as we were able to meet the costs as part of the broader Prison Officer recruitment budget. HMPPS provided operational resources to deliver the assessment centres and funding to support successful applicants with relocation or home to work travel costs is being met from existing budgets up to the advertised thresholds of £12,000 per candidate. The total cost of the campaign will be dependent upon the number of successful candidates who take up post and their agreed individual resettlement needs.</p><p> </p><p>A thorough evaluation review and lessons learnt exercise with key stakeholders will be completed to identify successes and challenges, as well as analysing feedback collected from candidates. In addition, analysis will be conducted to identify any differences in terms of selection performance by those on the scheme, compared to the national prison officer recruitment process, alongside evaluating fairness towards protected characteristic groups. This will be supported by our Occupational Psychology Team.</p><p> </p><p>In the short-term, success will be measured by the number of applications and those who progress to an assessment centre and the number of hires in our target prisons. In the longer-term, we will monitor the retention levels of those appointed via this route as well as their performance in role.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 149324 149327 question first answered 06/04/2022 15:10:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1455523

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Veterans: Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funding has been allocated to developing a fast-track recruitment scheme for service leavers and veterans to become prison officers.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	149324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>'Advance into Justice,’ the Ministry of Justice fast-track scheme to support service leavers and veterans to become prison officers, was launched on 24 January 2022. The campaign closed on 14 February 2022 and candidates were assessed in March 2022. Those successful at assessment centre are currently progressing through the offer and hire process.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme was promoted in several ways including proactive social media communications in advance of the launch; dedicated candidate webinars to provide information on the role and the assessment process; active outreach at ex-Armed Forces’ recruitment fairs; and working collaboratively with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to engage service leavers as they transition from the military into civilian life.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign has received dedicated support from Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). A specific funding line to deliver campaign marketing, candidate outreach and assessment delivery was not needed as we were able to meet the costs as part of the broader Prison Officer recruitment budget. HMPPS provided operational resources to deliver the assessment centres and funding to support successful applicants with relocation or home to work travel costs is being met from existing budgets up to the advertised thresholds of £12,000 per candidate. The total cost of the campaign will be dependent upon the number of successful candidates who take up post and their agreed individual resettlement needs.</p><p> </p><p>A thorough evaluation review and lessons learnt exercise with key stakeholders will be completed to identify successes and challenges, as well as analysing feedback collected from candidates. In addition, analysis will be conducted to identify any differences in terms of selection performance by those on the scheme, compared to the national prison officer recruitment process, alongside evaluating fairness towards protected characteristic groups. This will be supported by our Occupational Psychology Team.</p><p> </p><p>In the short-term, success will be measured by the number of applications and those who progress to an assessment centre and the number of hires in our target prisons. In the longer-term, we will monitor the retention levels of those appointed via this route as well as their performance in role.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 149320 149327 question first answered 06/04/2022 15:10:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1455526

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Veterans: Prison Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to plans outlined in the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-24 to develop a fast-track recruitment scheme for service leavers and veterans to become prison officers, how his Department plans to measure and evaluate the success of those plans.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	149327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>'Advance into Justice,’ the Ministry of Justice fast-track scheme to support service leavers and veterans to become prison officers, was launched on 24 January 2022. The campaign closed on 14 February 2022 and candidates were assessed in March 2022. Those successful at assessment centre are currently progressing through the offer and hire process.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme was promoted in several ways including proactive social media communications in advance of the launch; dedicated candidate webinars to provide information on the role and the assessment process; active outreach at ex-Armed Forces’ recruitment fairs; and working collaboratively with the Career Transition Partnership (CTP) to engage service leavers as they transition from the military into civilian life.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign has received dedicated support from Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). A specific funding line to deliver campaign marketing, candidate outreach and assessment delivery was not needed as we were able to meet the costs as part of the broader Prison Officer recruitment budget. HMPPS provided operational resources to deliver the assessment centres and funding to support successful applicants with relocation or home to work travel costs is being met from existing budgets up to the advertised thresholds of £12,000 per candidate. The total cost of the campaign will be dependent upon the number of successful candidates who take up post and their agreed individual resettlement needs.</p><p> </p><p>A thorough evaluation review and lessons learnt exercise with key stakeholders will be completed to identify successes and challenges, as well as analysing feedback collected from candidates. In addition, analysis will be conducted to identify any differences in terms of selection performance by those on the scheme, compared to the national prison officer recruitment process, alongside evaluating fairness towards protected characteristic groups. This will be supported by our Occupational Psychology Team.</p><p> </p><p>In the short-term, success will be measured by the number of applications and those who progress to an assessment centre and the number of hires in our target prisons. In the longer-term, we will monitor the retention levels of those appointed via this route as well as their performance in role.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 149320 149324 question first answered 06/04/2022 15:10:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1179587

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security and Child Support Tribunal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings of the (a) first tier and (b) upper tier Social Security and Child Support Tribunals were adjourned in each of the last five years, and for what reasons those hearings were adjourned.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	18859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>(1) (a) Data about adjournments for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS), are published annually, in June, at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics. The table below contains a breakdown of the reasons for adjournments.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number and reasons</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> for adjournments in </strong><strong>First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) hearings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Financial Years – April to March</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014_2015</p></td><td><p>2015_2016</p></td><td><p>2016_2017</p></td><td><p>2017_2018</p></td><td><p>2018_2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Adjournment reason/category</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Tier Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjourned, All Elements Adjourned</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjourned, Element(s) Outstanding</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>5,507</p></td><td><p>3,760</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant to attend - oral hearing requested - did not attend - no reason</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td><td><p>1,276</p></td><td><p>1,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant to attend - oral hearing requested - did not attend - reason given</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,109</p></td><td><p>3,297</p></td><td><p>3,319</p></td><td><p>3,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant to attend - paper requested or no Enquiry Form returned</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td><td><p>2,638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Documents supplied but not before the Tribunal at the hearing</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Evidence or further Response from Respondent required</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>2,999</p></td><td><p>3,509</p></td><td><p>3,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Evidence or submission from Appellant required</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>2,113</p></td><td><p>2,159</p></td><td><p>2,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Further medical evidence essential</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,943</p></td><td><p>11,972</p></td><td><p>15,755</p></td><td><p>16,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insufficient time to deal with case</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,324</p></td><td><p>1,217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Interpreter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>1,236</p></td><td><p>989</p></td><td><p>1,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other administrative errors</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>1,203</p></td><td><p>1,226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reasons for adjourning</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,674</p></td><td><p>5,974</p></td><td><p>7,933</p></td><td><p>7,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part Allowed</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Presenting Officer to attend</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respondent failed to comply with directions</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tribunal Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>20,468</p></td><td><p>14,161</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjournments as a % of hearings listed<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Prior to November 2015 there were four adjournment categories: First Tier Not Ready to Proceed; Admin Not Ready to Proceed; Appellant Not Ready to Proceed; and Tribunal Not Ready to Proceed. The additional categories as above were introduced from November 2015.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of fewer than five.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Proportion of listed hearings for the totals are weighted averages.</p><p> </p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics where reports were run on a different date.</p><p> </p><p>(1) (b) The data for the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeal Chamber) which hears appeals against decisions made by SSCS are not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>(2) (a) and (b) these data are not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to adjourn a hearing is a judicial function. The panel will only proceed when it is</p><p>satisfied it has all the evidence it needs to make a fair and just decision and that may</p><p>include further medical evidence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 18860 question first answered 02/03/2020 13:06:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

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	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security and Child Support Tribunal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings of the (a) first tier and (b) upper tier Social Security and Child Support Tribunals were adjourned due to the appellant not receiving their appeal bundle in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	18860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>(1) (a) Data about adjournments for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS), are published annually, in June, at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics. The table below contains a breakdown of the reasons for adjournments.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number and reasons</strong><strong><sup>1</sup></strong><strong> for adjournments in </strong><strong>First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) hearings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Financial Years – April to March</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014_2015</p></td><td><p>2015_2016</p></td><td><p>2016_2017</p></td><td><p>2017_2018</p></td><td><p>2018_2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Adjournment reason/category</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Tier Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjourned, All Elements Adjourned</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjourned, Element(s) Outstanding</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Admin Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td><td><p>629</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>5,507</p></td><td><p>3,760</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant to attend - oral hearing requested - did not attend - no reason</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>1,041</p></td><td><p>1,276</p></td><td><p>1,785</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant to attend - oral hearing requested - did not attend - reason given</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1,109</p></td><td><p>3,297</p></td><td><p>3,319</p></td><td><p>3,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appellant to attend - paper requested or no Enquiry Form returned</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>487</p></td><td><p>1,828</p></td><td><p>2,307</p></td><td><p>2,638</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Documents supplied but not before the Tribunal at the hearing</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Evidence or further Response from Respondent required</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>2,999</p></td><td><p>3,509</p></td><td><p>3,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Evidence or submission from Appellant required</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>2,113</p></td><td><p>2,159</p></td><td><p>2,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Further medical evidence essential</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2,943</p></td><td><p>11,972</p></td><td><p>15,755</p></td><td><p>16,298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Insufficient time to deal with case</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,324</p></td><td><p>1,217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Interpreter</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>316</p></td><td><p>1,236</p></td><td><p>989</p></td><td><p>1,186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other administrative errors</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>927</p></td><td><p>1,203</p></td><td><p>1,226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other reasons for adjourning</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>1,674</p></td><td><p>5,974</p></td><td><p>7,933</p></td><td><p>7,976</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Part Allowed</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Presenting Officer to attend</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>183</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Respondent failed to comply with directions</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tribunal Not Ready to Proceed</p></td><td><p>20,468</p></td><td><p>14,161</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>278</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjournments as a % of hearings listed<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Prior to November 2015 there were four adjournment categories: First Tier Not Ready to Proceed; Admin Not Ready to Proceed; Appellant Not Ready to Proceed; and Tribunal Not Ready to Proceed. The additional categories as above were introduced from November 2015.</p><p>~ Equates to a value of fewer than five.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Proportion of listed hearings for the totals are weighted averages.</p><p> </p><p>The data may differ slightly to that of the published statistics where reports were run on a different date.</p><p> </p><p>(1) (b) The data for the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeal Chamber) which hears appeals against decisions made by SSCS are not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>(2) (a) and (b) these data are not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to adjourn a hearing is a judicial function. The panel will only proceed when it is</p><p>satisfied it has all the evidence it needs to make a fair and just decision and that may</p><p>include further medical evidence.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 18859 question first answered 02/03/2020 13:06:23 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows