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155977

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Child Abuse in North Wales Judicial Inquiry Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he expects that the Macur Review will report.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian Lucas
	uin	214637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Lady Justice Macur’s Review is entirely independent of Government and its timetable is a matter for her . She is on record as saying that her Review would be thorough and that she would not draw any conclusions until she had considered all the evidence. I am, however, confident that good progress has been made and the Review is nearing its completion. The Government looks forward to receiving Lady Justice Macur’s Report next year.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 20/11/2014 17:42:19 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

49663

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to expand the boundaries of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	903862
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Government has already legislated to extend the Freedom of Information Act and brought more than 100 additional organisations within scope. We are currently considering ways in which the Act can be extended further to enhance transparency.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

58497

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Surveillance: Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what role the Information Commissioner's Office has in (a) the trial of the Aeroyn Skyranger drone around Gatwick Airport and (b) any other use of other surveillance aircraft operated by Government departments, agents or public bodies in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	199439
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Information Commissioner's Office has no specific role in the trial of the Aeryon Skyranger drone around Gatwick Airport. Members of the Information Commissioner's staff sit on the Cross-Government Working Group on Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems. They advise on any data protection compliance issues that arise.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the ICO is currently consulting on its revised CCTV code of practice which includes a section on remotely operated vehicles, or drones:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ico.org.uk/about_us/consultations/our_consultations" target="_blank">http://ico.org.uk/about_us/consultations/our_consultations</a></p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 10/06/2014 16:19:24 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

65071

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Jimmy Savile
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will revise his decision to redact documents relating to Jimmy Savile in the PREM 19/878 file in the National Archives.
	tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
	uin	203322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The majority of the information in the file has been disclosed. An application for closed information in the file is currently subject to a pending appeal in the First-tier tribunal. Therefore the Government cannot comment further in these circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 07/07/2014 16:46:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

92291

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Performance Appraisal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department completed the Civil Service Employment Policy Performance Management System in 2013-14; how many and what proportion of those officials received the (a) exceeded, (b) met and (c) must improve performance mark; and how many and what proportion (i) did and (ii) did not qualify for a bonus under that process.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	209656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice is unable to provide the data requested at this time. Performance marking figures for 2013/14 will not be available for publication until 30 October at the earliest.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 17/10/2014 10:06:02 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

48492

	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 improve the rate of return of Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service satisfaction surveys by children between the ages of five and eight.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	196593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not carry out satisfaction surveys with the children it works with. They have other child-friendly ways of gaining feedback from children, which does include a feedback form. They have different versions of the form for children and young people. One encourages young people to write out their feedback to Cafcass in response to various questions, while the feedback form for younger children asks them to circle the feelings and emotions they have about Cafcass. These are therefore qualitative rather than quantitative. This feedback is collected and acted on at a local level rather than a national one. Complaints are monitored at a national level but addressed at the local level.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not provide a return to the UK Statistics Authority; however they have published anonymised comments from feedback forms as part of their Annual Reports to draw out their direct work with children.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass commissioned the Family Justice Young People's Board to review the means by which Cafcass encourages feedback from the children and young people it works with. This review resulted in four recommendations which Cafcass has taken forward including ‘feedback trees' and changes to the feedback forms.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 196588 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

48493

	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 advice he has received from the UK Statistics Authority on the required rate of return of Children and Families Court Advisory and Support Service satisfaction surveys for younger children between the ages of five and eight before a reliable satisfaction figure may be arrived at.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	196588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not carry out satisfaction surveys with the children it works with. They have other child-friendly ways of gaining feedback from children, which does include a feedback form. They have different versions of the form for children and young people. One encourages young people to write out their feedback to Cafcass in response to various questions, while the feedback form for younger children asks them to circle the feelings and emotions they have about Cafcass. These are therefore qualitative rather than quantitative. This feedback is collected and acted on at a local level rather than a national one. Complaints are monitored at a national level but addressed at the local level.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass does not provide a return to the UK Statistics Authority; however they have published anonymised comments from feedback forms as part of their Annual Reports to draw out their direct work with children.</p><p> </p><p>Cafcass commissioned the Family Justice Young People's Board to review the means by which Cafcass encourages feedback from the children and young people it works with. This review resulted in four recommendations which Cafcass has taken forward including ‘feedback trees' and changes to the feedback forms.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes grouped question UIN 196593 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

49556

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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 estimate he has made of levels of satisfaction with Cafcass among younger children who do not complete formal feedback forms.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	197639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>While complaints made to Cafcass by children and young people are monitored nationally, it collects, monitors and acts on feedback at a local level. Cafcass has commissioned the Family Justice Young People's Board to review how children and young people provide feedback to Cafcass and advise on ways to encourage more feedback both via formal and informal routes. Cafcass now has various methods of obtaining feedback from the children and young people it works with which include more formal methods such as feedback forms and more informal and child-friendly methods such as ‘feedback trees'. Feedback trees encourage children to write out or draw their feelings on how Cafcass has worked with them, allowing Cafcass practitioners to build on this feedback. There is no central or national monitoring of this informal feedback.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60945

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration his Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is committed to promoting equality and diversity in its procurements. Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 outlines the Public Sector Equality Duty. The following three duties which form the basis of Departments' policy and to which due regard must be given during the procurement process:</p><p> </p><p>1. Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Act;</p><p>2. Advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.</p><p>3. Foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.</p><p> </p><p>The level of due regard given to the three duties will vary depending on their relevance to each individual procurement. There will be greater significance for example where the procurement involves direct contact with the public or employees of the Department or where services are to be carried out in the Department's premises.</p><p> </p><p>Where a need to consider equality has been identified at the beginning of a procurement process, consideration to this is given at every stage of the process as detailed below:</p><p> </p><p>· Planning and preparation includes the consideration of whether the duties are relevant to the procurement.</p><p>· The Pre-Qualification stage of the tender process contains mandatory fields including questions to make sure that the bid is in line with legislation. Suppliers that do not pass these questions are not progressed onto the next stage.</p><p>· The Request for Information and Request for Quotation contain questions in line with legislation. These question are proportionate so as not to disadvantage smaller suppliers.</p><p>· The evaluation of tenders can include equality criteria if it formed part of the specification. However, if included, the criteria are given proportionate consideration to the bid as a whole.</p><p>· Contract award where the specification set out equality criteria can be used to determine the most economically advantageous tender</p><p>· Ongoing consideration is given to the equality duties in every review meeting for those relevant contracts.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to these processes implemented during the procurement process, the Department reports annually its obligations to the Cabinet Office. All procurement staff within the Department are required to undertake mandatory Equality and Diversity Training which makes sure that the duty can be considered and applied correctly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 16/06/2014 14:25:11 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60946

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Equality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	199933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The MoJ has a longstanding commitment to promoting equality of opportunity and making sure that we are representative of the society we serve. The principle of appointment on merit is the foundation of Civil Service recruitment and enshrined in law.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ does not have any published targets but we annually review and publish the demographics of our workforce - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-report-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/diversity-report-2012-13</a></p><p>This information is used to inform policy of action in the future and set out in the MoJ Equality Objectives-<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209087/moj-equality-objectives.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209087/moj-equality-objectives.pdf</a>#</p><p>We have made good progress in making the MoJ a more diverse place to work. For example, the MoJ's management board has an equal mix of women and men at Executive (50%) and Non-Executive level (50%) levels, and we are led by a female Permanent Secretary, Ursula Brennan.</p><p> </p><p>17% of MoJ staff members promoted last year were not white. This is an increase of 2% on the previous year. 10% more women were promoted in 2012/2013 than in 2011/2012.</p> answering member constituency Bermondsey and Old Southwark answering member printed Simon Hughes question first answered 17/06/2014 16:37:28 answering member 194 label Biography information for Simon Hughes
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson