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1129183

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Reviews
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will list all (a) ongoing and (b) planned reviews (i) conducted by and (ii) initiated by his Department; when those reviews will finish; and when they are scheduled to report.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	259338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is currently undertaking a Tailored Review of the Parole Board which was launched on 4th February 2019. The report of the review is due to be published in the Autumn.</p><p> </p><p>No other Tailored Reviews, which are reviews of Arms Length Bodies, are currently underway and there are no plans to conduct any other reviews as part of the current programme which concludes at the end of 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold a central record of reviews commissioned by the department. Reviews that have been carried out by the department can be found on the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2019 16:17:22 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1136352

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was between an application for an employment tribunal and the date of first hearing in (a) 2012, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018 by employment tribunal office.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	272281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The longest time between an application for an employment tribunal and the date of first hearing in (a) 2012, (b) 2015 and (c) 2018 can be found in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Maximum waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>January 12- December 12 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 15- December 15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>January 18- December 18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims <sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims <sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Claims <sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdeen</p></td><td><p><strong>250</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>96</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>142</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p><strong>629</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>387</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>216</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p><strong>238</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>243</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>135</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>130</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>146</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dundee</p></td><td><p><strong>146</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>138</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh</p></td><td><p><strong>225</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>183</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>117</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>579</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p><strong>595</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>275</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>231</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Central</p></td><td><p><strong>198</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>266</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London South</p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>206</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>213</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p><strong>475</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>450</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>289</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p><strong>573</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p><strong>287</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>221</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>394</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford</p></td><td><p><strong>254</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>283</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>209</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p><strong>195</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>407</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>344</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1</sup> Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</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 colspan="6" rowspan="3"><p><sup>2</sup> Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the maximum listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Timeliness is impacted by the complexity of a case, each one would be dealt with on it’s own merits and as such, some cases can take longer to progress than others. Claims such as equal pay and discrimination are types of jurisdictions which require longer hearing time and additional case management.</p><p> </p><p>A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaint (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may importantly influence the listing of such claims.</p><p>All data were taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is, provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and is the best data that is available at the time of publication.</p><p> </p><p>95% of multiple claims are stayed awaiting decision from a lead claim, as these are usually complex claims involving jurisdiction such as equal pay, holiday pay and pensions and it can take some time for these claims to be dealt with. This explains why the oldest claims in the table exceed ten years in length as they spend the majority of this period as a stayed claim.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has been working with the tribunal’s judiciary to appoint additional judges to increase the capacity and performance of the tribunal. 58 (or 51.5 full time equivalent) salaried employment judges took up positions in England and Wales from April 2019.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:34:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1137039

	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	Prisons: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of prison education is provided under the dynamic purchasing system in each prison.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	273433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Under the new model for education delivery for prisons in England, which went live on 1 April 2019, prison managers are responsible for decision-making about their curriculum, how it is organised and who delivers it. The information requested is held by each prison individually and could only therefore be provided at disproportionate cost</p><p> </p><p>The Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) enables Governors to commission innovative, specialist or one-off education provision for their establishment. The DPS is an electronic system used to purchase commonly used goods and services. Unlike traditional frameworks which are closed to new entrants for their duration the DPS allows suppliers to apply to join or decide to leave at any time during its term.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 15:53:14 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138649

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Offending Teams: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 252658 on Youth Offending Teams: Grants, what the real terms change was in the value of Youth justice grants allocated to each local authority to fund Youth Offending Teams between 2010-11 and 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	276569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The real terms change in the value of youth justice grant allocated to each local authority to help fund Youth Offending Teams (YOT) between 2010/11 and 2017/18 is set out in the table below. Published totals for 2018/19 and 2019/20 are not yet available. Data for 2018/19 will shortly be available in aggregate form in the Youth Justice Board’s annual accounts and will be published at YOT level in the annual statistics published in January 2020. Data for 2019/20 will be available one year later.</p><p> </p><p>The overall youth justice grant has reduced by 56% (in real terms) between 2010/11 and 2017/18. This is set against a 69% reduction in the number of First Time Entrant’s into the youth justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 15:36:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name PQ 276569 Table.xlsx title PQ 276569 Table
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138976

	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	Secure Accommodation
	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 places available in Secure Children's Home was in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	277225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year ending</strong></td><td><strong>Average Number of Justice Beds Available</strong></td></tr><tr><td>March 2018</td><td>117</td></tr><tr><td>March 2017</td><td>118</td></tr><tr><td>March 2016</td><td>133</td></tr><tr><td>March 2015</td><td>139</td></tr><tr><td>March 2014</td><td>162</td></tr><tr><td>March 2013</td><td>166</td></tr><tr><td>March 2012</td><td>183</td></tr><tr><td>March 2011</td><td>192</td></tr><tr><td>March 2010</td><td>198</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/07/2019 16:56:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138972

	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	Courts: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the of Answer 9 July 2019 to Question 273431 on Courts: Sales, which organisation was responsible for providing each of the valuations.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	277221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below provides a list of the organisations who provided HM Courts and Tribunals Service with valuations for courts listed in the answer to Question 273431.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Court </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Valuation provider</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bow County Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon Law Court</p></td><td><p>GVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dolgellau Mags &amp; Crown Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grantham Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead Magistrates’ Court (North Anglesey)</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>GVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni County Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath And Port Talbot County Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northallerton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>GVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhyl County Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>GVA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tottenham (Enfield) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>JLL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woolwich County Court</p></td><td><p>Valuation Office Agency</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and when communities have reasonable access to alternative courts.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 23/07/2019 11:28:01 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1138974

	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	European Arrest Warrants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many successful prosecutions following a request made under the European Arrest Warrant there have been in each year for which information is available.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	277223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The number of prosecutions and convictions following a request made under the European Arrest Warrant is not centrally held in the court proceedings database. Identifying these cases would require a manual search of court records, which would be of disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 23/07/2019 11:44:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1139265

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Industrial Health and Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many calls have been made to his Department's Body Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline by each prison in each month since December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	277788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>HMPPS has a duty of care to its staff to ensure they are provided immediate and specialist advice following suspected and actual Bodily Fluid Exposure (BFE) incidents. In December 2017 HMPPS put in place a 24 hour Bodily Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline which provides an initial assessment by a qualified nurse clinician.</p><p>The number of calls to the Body Fluid Exposure and Sharps Injury telephone helpline by Prison:</p><p>(see annex B)</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 31/07/2019 14:17:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name Annex B- PQ277788 v2.xlsx title Annex B
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1139934

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	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 the number of victims of modern slavery in prison.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	278558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government introduced a statutory defence for victims of modern slavery (both under and over the age of 18), to protect those very vulnerable people who were previously being unfairly prosecuted for crimes they were forced to commit by their exploiters – notably cannabis cultivation. We are aware of concerns from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police that the defence is open to abuse from opportunistic criminals who are not victims, to escape justice for their crimes. That is why my rt hon Friend the Home Secretary asked the independent review of the Modern Slavery Act to examine how the statutory defence was working in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The report of the review was published in May. It found that the defence strikes the correct balance between protecting genuine victims and preventing misuse from opportunistic criminals. My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is considering the review’s findings, and the Home Office will work closely with the CPS and law enforcement agencies to take the report’s recommendations forward. A copy of the final report of the Independent Modern Slavery Act Review can be found via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act-final-report</a></p><p> </p><p>To determine how many people who at some point in their lives have been victims of modern slavery are currently in custody would require a search of individual records and could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 278559 question first answered 29/07/2019 15:46:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1139935

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Slavery: Victims
	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 number of child victims of modern slavery in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	278559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government introduced a statutory defence for victims of modern slavery (both under and over the age of 18), to protect those very vulnerable people who were previously being unfairly prosecuted for crimes they were forced to commit by their exploiters – notably cannabis cultivation. We are aware of concerns from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the police that the defence is open to abuse from opportunistic criminals who are not victims, to escape justice for their crimes. That is why my rt hon Friend the Home Secretary asked the independent review of the Modern Slavery Act to examine how the statutory defence was working in practice.</p><p> </p><p>The report of the review was published in May. It found that the defence strikes the correct balance between protecting genuine victims and preventing misuse from opportunistic criminals. My rt hon Friend the Home Secretary is considering the review’s findings, and the Home Office will work closely with the CPS and law enforcement agencies to take the report’s recommendations forward. A copy of the final report of the Independent Modern Slavery Act Review can be found via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act-final-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-the-modern-slavery-act-final-report</a></p><p> </p><p>To determine how many people who at some point in their lives have been victims of modern slavery are currently in custody would require a search of individual records and could not be done without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 278558 question first answered 29/07/2019 15:46:38 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon