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89413

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	European Convention on Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his policy is on reform of the European Convention on Human Rights; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	207316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>I refer the Honourable member to the reply given on 1 September 2014, Parliament identifying number 206542.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/09/2014 12:23:29 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

62111

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Aarhus Convention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department collects data on the number and success rate of Aarhus claims made in England and Wales since 1 April 2013; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	200769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect judicial review data to this level of detail.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/06/2014 15:22:54 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

60790

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Public Defender Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has for the future of the Public Defender Service.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	199628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Public Defender Service (PDS) will continue to deliver a range of quality services within the criminal defence market from advice and representation at the police station and magistrates courts through to advocacy in the higher courts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/06/2014 15:47:54 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48634

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met (i) G4S, (ii) Serco, (iii) Sodexo and (iv) any other private provider to discuss secure colleges in the last 18 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>All meetings with external organisations up until October 2013 are published by the Cabinet Office on the gov.uk website (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-transparency-publications</strong></a>).</p><p> </p><p>Details of meetings from October 2013 onwards will be published shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48640

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	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, how many (a) single and (b) multiple claims were received by employment tribunals between 1 January and 31 March 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I am answering these questions together.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by employment tribunals is published by the Ministry of Justice as Official Statistics (quarterly and annually) on the Justice website. Data in respect of the period January to March 2014 are scheduled to be published on 12 June 2014, following the usual quality assurance work that takes place prior to formal release. Under Official Statistics protocols, data will not be released before that point.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent such statistical publication (covering the period up to the end of December 2013) is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013</a></p><p><br> and the future release schedule is set out at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics#publication-schedule" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics#publication-schedule</a></p><p> </p><p>Financial information relating to fees and remissions in the employment tribunals system will be published by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in its Annual Report and Accounts. The Annual Report and Accounts is scheduled to be published in July 2014 on the Ministry of Justice website and will include information about the value of granted remissions applications and how much HMCTS has received in payments of the fees.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196493 196495 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48642

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been received by HM Courts and Tribunals Service in payment of employment tribunal fees since 29 July 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I am answering these questions together.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by employment tribunals is published by the Ministry of Justice as Official Statistics (quarterly and annually) on the Justice website. Data in respect of the period January to March 2014 are scheduled to be published on 12 June 2014, following the usual quality assurance work that takes place prior to formal release. Under Official Statistics protocols, data will not be released before that point.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent such statistical publication (covering the period up to the end of December 2013) is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013</a></p><p><br> and the future release schedule is set out at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics#publication-schedule" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics#publication-schedule</a></p><p> </p><p>Financial information relating to fees and remissions in the employment tribunals system will be published by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in its Annual Report and Accounts. The Annual Report and Accounts is scheduled to be published in July 2014 on the Ministry of Justice website and will include information about the value of granted remissions applications and how much HMCTS has received in payments of the fees.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196492 196495 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48643

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value of all grants of remission of employment tribunal fees has been since 29 July 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I am answering these questions together.</p><p> </p><p>The number of claims received by employment tribunals is published by the Ministry of Justice as Official Statistics (quarterly and annually) on the Justice website. Data in respect of the period January to March 2014 are scheduled to be published on 12 June 2014, following the usual quality assurance work that takes place prior to formal release. Under Official Statistics protocols, data will not be released before that point.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent such statistical publication (covering the period up to the end of December 2013) is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2013</a></p><p><br> and the future release schedule is set out at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics#publication-schedule" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/statistics#publication-schedule</a></p><p> </p><p>Financial information relating to fees and remissions in the employment tribunals system will be published by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) in its Annual Report and Accounts. The Annual Report and Accounts is scheduled to be published in July 2014 on the Ministry of Justice website and will include information about the value of granted remissions applications and how much HMCTS has received in payments of the fees.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196492 196493 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48645

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to identify the amount of court costs (a) imposed and (b) collected from within the total imposition and collection of all court financial impositions.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>I understand that the office of the Honourable Member asked for information about employment tribunal costs to be included in my answer to this question.</p><p> </p><p>Data on costs awards made by employment tribunals are published annually as Official Statistics. Data for the financial year 2012/13 (the latest data available) can be found as part of the statistical release for tribunals published in September 2013:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2013</a> (see in particular Table E.12).</p><p> </p><p>Parties awarded costs are responsible for initiating enforcement proceedings in the event of non-payment. Data on any enforcement proceedings initiated in respect of employment tribunal costs awards is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>In relation to civil courts, no central record exists of the total amount of costs awarded. Nor is there a central record of the level of satisfaction of costs awards made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

43441

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parents represented themselves at court in child proceedings in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	192290
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the legal representation of parties in family courts is available at a national level in table 2.4 of Court Statistics Quarterly the latest edition of which is available at this link:</p><p> </p><p><a title="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>However, you should note that this information relates to whether parties have a recorded representative, rather than whether they are litigants in person. It is also based on the number of disposals, rather than parents, and cases may of course involve multiple disposals.</p><p> </p><p>Parties with no legal representation are not a new phenomenon in our courts. Judges are used to helping persons with no legal representation, including explaining procedures and what is expected of them. We have also taken steps to help people who either want or have to represent themselves in court, including publishing a revised guide for separating parents and increased training for judges. The link to the guide is:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/cb7-eng.pdf" target="_blank">http://hmctsformfinder.justice.gov.uk/courtfinder/forms/cb7-eng.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48644

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for employment tribunal fee remission have been (a) received, (b) granted and (c) refused since 29 July 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>It is in everyone's interest to avoid drawn out disputes which emotionally damage workers and financially damage businesses. That's why we are encouraging quicker, simpler and cheaper alternatives like mediation and conciliation.<br> <br> It is not fair for the taxpayer to foot the entire £74m bill for people to escalate workplace disputes to a tribunal. And it is not unreasonable to expect people who can afford to do so, to make a contribution.</p><p> </p><p>Fee waivers (remissions) are available for those who genuinely cannot afford to pay the fees. These are permitted based on means tests and are intended to support the most vulnerable people in society.</p><p> </p><p>Employment Tribunal fees were introduced on 29 July 2013. HM Court &amp; Tribunals Service is currently developing the management information reporting tools to produce statistical data on remissions applications it processes.</p><p> </p><p>Provisional management information now generated (but which is currently undergoing additional necessary quality assurance testing) indicates that, for the period 29 July to 31 December 2013:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a total of 2500 paper applications were received from individuals, or groups of individuals, in respect of an employment tribunal fee levied; and</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>of those, judged against the set criteria, 600 were granted, and 1800 were rejected.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This provisional data has been rounded to the nearest 100.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter