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1135289

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Finance
	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 potential merits of re-allocating the funding for legal aid for immigration cases to domestic family law mediation cases.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
	uin	270422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Mediation for family law cases is already available under Part I of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).</p><p> </p><p>The department recently conducted an extensive review of LASPO and has announced several changes as part of the Legal Support Action Plan. These included expanding the scope of legal aid in family law to cover representation for special guardianship orders and placement orders.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held on successful cases, but the Legal Aid Agency does hold data on cases that have started (and are funded by legal aid). These statistics are included below for both family law mediation and immigration cases for the last three years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving family law mediation </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Family Mediation <br> starts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>7,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>6,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>6,515</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="23"><p>Note: ‘Proportion started’ data is not held for family mediation matters, as the application process and decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question (the provider).</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving Immigration </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grants</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Proportion granted</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>29,111</p></td><td><p>1,904</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,404</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>74%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>26,609</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,203</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>75%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>28,821</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,155</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>75%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="20"><p><em>Legal help</em> is assistance short of representation. Note: ‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the application process and decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question (the provider).</p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270423 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:22:55 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

1135290

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applications for legal aid in relation to (a) family law mediation costs and (b) immigration cases were successful since 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Yeovil
	tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Fysh
	uin	270423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>Mediation for family law cases is already available under Part I of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).</p><p> </p><p>The department recently conducted an extensive review of LASPO and has announced several changes as part of the Legal Support Action Plan. These included expanding the scope of legal aid in family law to cover representation for special guardianship orders and placement orders.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not held on successful cases, but the Legal Aid Agency does hold data on cases that have started (and are funded by legal aid). These statistics are included below for both family law mediation and immigration cases for the last three years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving family law mediation </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Family Mediation <br> starts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>7,611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>6,302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>6,515</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="23"><p>Note: ‘Proportion started’ data is not held for family mediation matters, as the application process and decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question (the provider).</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Legal aid in cases involving Immigration </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Legal help</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>Civil representation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Grants</p></td><td><p>Applications</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Grants</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Proportion granted</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>29,111</p></td><td><p>1,904</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,404</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>74%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>26,609</p></td><td><p>1,596</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,203</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>75%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>28,821</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,155</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>75%</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="20"><p><em>Legal help</em> is assistance short of representation. Note: ‘Proportion granted’ data is not held for Legal Help matters, as the application process and decision on whether to grant funding is devolved to the solicitor in question (the provider).</p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 270422 question first answered 04/07/2019 10:22:56 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4446 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Fysh

1138964

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	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 performance of the Probate Service in processing applications for probate in 2019; how he measures that performance; and how long it took on average to process a probate application in each of the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	277181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Official statistics are not published on the average length of time from receipt of the application to the issue of a grant of probate. Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information, which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics, has been used to show the following average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month and year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to grant issued </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures do not include cases which are waiting for a grant to be issued. The data from April 2019 to June 2019 have been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods. All figures, especially those for April 2019 to June 2019, are provisional and subject to revision.</p><p> </p><p>Some grants are experiencing delays of between four and six weeks outside of our targets as a result of significant increases in work during March and April and some technology issues which have now been resolved. We have recruited more staff and are now issuing in excess of 1,000 grants a day, which is bringing waiting times down further.</p><p> </p><p>Urgent action has been taken to address the delays which have been experienced in the probate service. Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is increasing staffing levels and further improving the digital service to help reduce waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 277182 question first answered 18/07/2019 09:21:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1138965

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he is taking steps to reduce the time taken to process applications for probate; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	277182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Official statistics are not published on the average length of time from receipt of the application to the issue of a grant of probate. Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) internal management information, which is not subject to the rigorous quality assurance processes of official statistics, has been used to show the following average times from receipt of an application to a grant being issued:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month and year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average Weeks to grant issued </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2019</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2019</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures do not include cases which are waiting for a grant to be issued. The data from April 2019 to June 2019 have been extracted from the HMCTS Reform Core Case Data system, which is a new system in active development, and may not be directly comparable with figures for earlier periods. All figures, especially those for April 2019 to June 2019, are provisional and subject to revision.</p><p> </p><p>Some grants are experiencing delays of between four and six weeks outside of our targets as a result of significant increases in work during March and April and some technology issues which have now been resolved. We have recruited more staff and are now issuing in excess of 1,000 grants a day, which is bringing waiting times down further.</p><p> </p><p>Urgent action has been taken to address the delays which have been experienced in the probate service. Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is increasing staffing levels and further improving the digital service to help reduce waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 277181 question first answered 18/07/2019 09:21:14 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1138966

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on the application-processing performance of the Probate Service of changes to the fees structure in 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	277183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Full consideration has been given to the effect of the proposed fees structure for grant of probate applications on receipts and subsequently on processing performance. We would expect an increase in the number of applications received prior to the introduction of the new fees, which would be partly offset by a decline in receipts post-introduction.</p><p> </p><p>In March 2019 there was a significant increase of probate applications ahead of the anticipated implementation of the new fee structure but, as the fees were not introduced as planned, the high volume of receipts continued into April.</p><p> </p><p>Urgent action has been taken to address the delays which have been experienced in the probate service. Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service is increasing staffing levels and further improving the digital service to help reduce waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/07/2019 09:23:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1132995

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Marriage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the Government and the Law Commission to agree on the terms of reference for the Law Commission’s full review of the law governing weddings.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	266279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government announced in the Budget that it would invite the Law Commission to review the law on how and where couples may marry in England and Wales. The Government has been finalising the terms of reference with the Law Commission and expects to announce the details shortly.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/06/2019 13:37:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1132837

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days taken from court listing to completion in each magistrates’ court in South Yorkshire in each year since 2010 was.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	266097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the average length of time taken from first listing to completion, quarterly from June 2010 to December 2018, and can be found in the timeliness-transparency-q4-2018 file: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790261/Transparency_files.zip" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790261/Transparency_files.zip</a></p><p> </p><p>Filter LCJB area: South Yorkshire LCJB, data can then be filtered by court type for Barnsley LCJB, Doncaster LCJB and Sheffield LCJB</p><p> </p><p>Data for the quarter ending March 2019 will be published in June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We have a world-leading justice system and performance levels are continually kept under close review to ensure changes in demands are met.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/06/2019 13:43:06 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1132839

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crown Court: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average number of days taken from court listing to completion at Sheffield Crown Court in each year since 2010 was.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	266098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on the average length of time taken from first listing to completion, quarterly from June 2010 to December 2018, and can be found in the timeliness-transparency-q4-2018 file: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790261/Transparency_files.zip" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790261/Transparency_files.zip</a></p><p> </p><p>Filter LCJB area: South Yorkshire LCJB, data can then be filtered by court type for Sheffield Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the quarter ending March 2019 will be published in June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We are working together across the Criminal Justice System to ensure the smooth running of our courts, as well as using new technology and initiatives to reduce delays. We are pleased outstanding cases at the Crown Court have decreased even further, now at the lowest levels since 2000.</p><p> </p><p>We have a world-leading justice system and performance levels are continually kept under close review to ensure changes in demands are met</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 25/06/2019 13:45:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1137008

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
	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 whether the HM Courts and Tribunals service has the capacity to reduce the waiting time for an appeal for personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	273494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HCMTS) is taking positive steps to reduce the waiting time for appeals to be heard in the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction. In 2018, 232 medical members and 118 disability-qualified members were additionally appointed to the SSCS jurisdiction and an extra 129 fee-paid judges have recently been appointed. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from 100 salaried judges and 170 fee-paid judges being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, HMCTS is developing a new digital system with a view to enabling speedier processing of appeals and a better service for all parties to the proceedings. Case-management “triage” sessions are also being conducted, with the aim of reducing the number of cases that need to progress to an oral hearing.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/07/2019 16:32:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1135830

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Emergency Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases have been prosecuted under the Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	271366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of individuals proceeded against and convicted of an assault against an emergency worker can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802035/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Using the pivot table, filter by ‘Offence’ for:</p><p> </p><p>`8.22 Assault against an emergency worker’.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:11:05 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar