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19326

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2013
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal travel, (c) hotel accommodation and (d) subsistence were of each trip.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	174860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has reduced the overall cost of air travel by almost half since 2009, and our total spend on all travel has fallen by more than 40 per cent in the same period – a saving of more than £9m.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, this year, the Justice Secretary toughened up the rules to ban first and business class travel for Ministers and officials in the department other than in exceptional circumstances where this is required to meet business need.</p><p> </p><p>Overseas travel makes up a small proportion of the Department's overall travel requirement. Flights and travel by Eurostar are booked through our contracted supplier, and whilst the MoJ records data on transactions, it does not hold details of the cost or destination of individual trips centrally. The cost of breaking down all travel in the ways requested would be disproportionate, as managers across the Department would have to create a breakdown of every trip taken, itemised by the different kinds of expenditure.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47322

	registered interest
	date	07/04/2014
	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, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
	tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
	uin	195558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Temporary staff can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not available inhouse. They are only used for short term appointments where there is a strong business case, such as support for Transforming Rehabilitation and other major reform programmes within the MoJ.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice has spent the following on the provision of service with (a) Capita, (b) Brook Street, (c) Hays PLC (d) Groupe Steria and (e) Certes Holdings in the Financial Year 2013/14. Spend is exclusive of VAT.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>Financial Year 2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>£26,411,523.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brook Street</p></td><td><p>£24,514,489.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hays PLC</p></td><td><p>£16,548,878.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Groupe Steria</p></td><td><p>£3,000,763.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Certes Holdings</p></td><td><p>£712,948.27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The approval process on expenditure has been tightened in recent years. All requirements over £20,000 must have departmental approval from the Director General of Finance.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

48627

	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 days were taken to process and grant each of the applications for remissions of employment tribunal fees that have been (a) granted and (b) partially granted.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	196795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The guidance document published by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) explains that remission applications will be processed within five working days of the date that they are received, and that appeals will be determined within 10 days. The latest available information collated by HMCTS staff indicates that the applications received in respect of employment tribunal matters are currently determined within three working days. Appeals in respect of employment tribunal remissions decisions are currently determined within nine days.</p><p> </p><p>However, data on the time taken for each one of the remission applications determined so far is not readily available. To obtain that data would require significant work to interrogate the relevant HMCTS case management database. This work, if undertaken for the purposes of answering this question, would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara previous answer version 8000 answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

48629

	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 proportion of members of the bench of the Youth Court were (a) 20 to 30, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50, (d) 51 to 60, (e) 61 to 70 and (f) over 70 years old in the most recent year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	196710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to judicial diversity - it is important that magistrates reflect the diverse communities in which they serve.</p><p>To provide the requested information would require each of the 47 local advisory committees to check the individual personal records of all of the youth court magistrates in their respective areas. This would incur disproportionate costs. Information on magistrates' diversity more generally is published on the judiciary website: <a href="http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics</a></p><p>In relation to the honourable Member's question about the age profile of magistrates who sit in the youth court, I can clarify that the statutory retirement age for all magistrates is 70.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196709 196711 196712 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

48630

	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 socio-economic background is of each member of the bench of the Youth Court.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	196711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to judicial diversity - it is important that magistrates reflect the diverse communities in which they serve.</p><p>To provide the requested information would require each of the 47 local advisory committees to check the individual personal records of all of the youth court magistrates in their respective areas. This would incur disproportionate costs. Information on magistrates' diversity more generally is published on the judiciary website: <a href="http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics</a></p><p>In relation to the honourable Member's question about the age profile of magistrates who sit in the youth court, I can clarify that the statutory retirement age for all magistrates is 70.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196709 196710 196712 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

48631

	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 members of the bench of the Youth Court were (a) women and (b) men in the most recent year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	196712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to judicial diversity - it is important that magistrates reflect the diverse communities in which they serve.</p><p>To provide the requested information would require each of the 47 local advisory committees to check the individual personal records of all of the youth court magistrates in their respective areas. This would incur disproportionate costs. Information on magistrates' diversity more generally is published on the judiciary website: <a href="http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics</a></p><p>In relation to the honourable Member's question about the age profile of magistrates who sit in the youth court, I can clarify that the statutory retirement age for all magistrates is 70.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196709 196710 196711 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

48632

	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, who has been invited to join the two sub-groups set up to support the main working group looking at the implementation of reforms to reduce the cost of personal injury compensation following a road traffic accident.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48633

	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 proportion of members of the bench of the Youth Court were of each ethnic category in the most recent year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	196709
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to judicial diversity - it is important that magistrates reflect the diverse communities in which they serve.</p><p>To provide the requested information would require each of the 47 local advisory committees to check the individual personal records of all of the youth court magistrates in their respective areas. This would incur disproportionate costs. Information on magistrates' diversity more generally is published on the judiciary website: <a href="http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics</a></p><p>In relation to the honourable Member's question about the age profile of magistrates who sit in the youth court, I can clarify that the statutory retirement age for all magistrates is 70.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196710 196711 196712 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

48638

	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 estimate his Department has made of the expected cost to the economy of (a) detected and (b) undetected personal injury insurance fraud in 2014-15.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
	uin	196525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>No figures are available for the number of victims of, or average loss incurred from, personal injury fraud. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end we are <em>working closely with stakeholders across the industry to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases. </em></p><p> </p><p>No estimate is available of the economic effects that might accrue from clarifying the courts' powers to strike out claims that are exaggerated or fabricated. However, we are considering what reform might be appropriate to the law in this area.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 196526 196527 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

48639

	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 cost to his Department has been of establishing the new system for the remission of employment tribunal fees to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital investment made by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service in respect of IT systems to support the processing of fee receipts and remission applications across the employment tribunals system was £4.4m.</p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to disaggregate the cost of establishing new (and revising existing) IT systems to handle <em>remission</em> applications in the employment tribunals system, from that work in relation to <em>fees</em> handling systems. The figure provided is, therefore, a combined total.</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