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	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to conduct a review of the effects of the introduction of employment tribunal fees.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Following a public consultation, fees were introduced in Employment Tribunals to reduce the burden on the taxpayer of paying for Employment Tribunals and to encourage parties to seek alternative ways of resolving their disputes. <br><br>The Government has ensured that fee waivers are available for those who cannot afford to pay, as well as diverting people away from potentially acrimonious hearings, where possible, through a new early conciliation scheme which has already been used by over 60,000 people in its first six months.<br><br>The Government is currently considering the options for a review of Employment Tribunal fees. A further announcement will be made in due course.<br><br></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 02/06/2015 16:45:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

47317

	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, how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by his Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	195515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>It has not been possible to obtain this information. I will write to the hon.member in due course</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

48637

	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 paid to Jadu Ltd for its work on the employment tribunal fees and remission database to date.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Jadu is a good example of how small businesses in the private sector can help transform our justice system, driving innovation and better value for hardworking taxpayers – and it's something I want to see much more of.</p><p> </p><p>By unlocking the massive potential of small firms we can improve efficiency in the criminal justice system and provide a boost for the recovering British economy.</p><p> </p><p>Spend with Jadu (for ET Fee project) is £1,782,411.51 up to 31<sup>st</sup> March 2014</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

48626

	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, whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
	tabling member constituency	Livingston
	tabling member printed	Graeme Morrice
	uin	196769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not currently have any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system. However arrangements of this sort are kept under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4012 label Biography information for Graeme Morrice

48861

	registered interest
	date	28/04/2014
	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, on how many occasions his Department's working group on the implementation of reforms to reduce the cost of personal injury compensation has met; whether his Department plans to publish the minutes of the working group's meetings; and what progress he has made on his plans to implement reforms to whiplash compensation later in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	196947
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice whiplash implementation core working group has met formally on two occasions, but it and its sub groups also work flexibly and at pace between meetings. With the core group's agreement, the Department has no plans to publish minutes of these meetings although updates of the work programme are available on the Ministry of Justice website at: <a href="http://www.justice.gov.uk/civil-justice-reforms/personal-injury-claims" target="_blank">http://www.justice.gov.uk/civil-justice-reforms/personal-injury-claims</a>.</p><p>My colleague Lord Faulks wrote to stakeholders on 2 May to seek views on proposed fixed costs for medical reports and related issues (the letter and annexes are available at the link given above). Responses will be considered before amendments to the Road Traffic Accident Protocol and Civil Procedure Rules are finalised and presented to the Civil Procedure Rule Committee at its meeting on 6 June, with a view to their being approved by the Committee at its July meeting for implementation in October. The wider programme of work continues - particularly in relation to the accreditation of medical experts - and further changes will be implemented as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

49361

	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, at how many tribunal hearings on appeals over benefit claims in each of the last four years the relevant Department failed to send a presenting officer; and how many such hearings were lost by the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	197357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The First-tier Tribunal - Social Security and Child Support (SSCS), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work &amp; Pensions' (DWP) and HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) decisions on a range of benefits. It also hears appeals against Local Authorities on Housing Benefit decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the data requested for each year from 1 April 2010 until December 2013 (the latest period for data is available).</p><p> </p><p>It is a matter for the relevant Department or Local Authority as to whether they send a presenting Officer to an appeal unless directed to do so by the Tribunal. Departments and Local Authorities will consider each appeal on a case by case basis.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

49394

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2014
	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, how many people in England and Wales per 10,000 of the population were prosecuted for non-payment of the television licence fee in each of the last three calendar years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	197564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts for offences relating to installing or using a television receiver without the appropriate licence, per 10,000 of the population in England and Wales for the years 2010 to 2012 is shown in Table 1 below. The Government has indicated that, in line with the amendment to the Deregulation Bill, it will consider whether evasion of a television licence should continue to be a criminal offence.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that court proceedings statistics for the year 2013 are planned to be published by the Ministry of Justice on 15th May 2014.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara attachment 1 file name 197564 - Khan - TABLE for Minister.XLS title Table 1
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49644

	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, how much his Department has spent in each of the last four years on counsel fees related to inquests into the deaths of those in custody.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	197654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) is able to identify fees paid to counsel for inquest cases funded under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (“LASPO”) Act 2012 from April 2013 onwards. For the financial year 2013-14, the total value of counsel fees paid relating to inquests into the deaths of those in custody under the LASPO Act totalled £10,574.40.</p><p> </p><p>This figure represents only those cases under the LASPO Act where payment has been made during 2013-14. Very few inquests that have been funded under the LASPO Act have been billed and paid in that period, as many are ongoing. Cases typically take over a year from approval of funding to payment of the final bill.</p><p> </p><p>The total figure of £10,574.40 does not include information recorded in the LAA's new costs management system, upon which a small pilot group of providers are currently processing their claims. The volume of claims being processed through this system represents around 1% of all claims.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency does not hold the information requested centrally for cases funded under the Access to Justice Act 1999 (i.e. cases originally submitted prior to April 2013). Under the Access to Justice Act, ad hoc payments were made aggregating fees for the instructed solicitors and counsel on the case, and it is not possible to disaggregate the costs without checking each individual file.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

49634

	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, whether he has further plans to expand the Public Defender Service beyond the first phase of recruits.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	197693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>We are still concluding the recruitment campaign from 20 January 2014 and expect some further appointments to the PDS to be confirmed as a result of that.</p><p> </p><p>In the current circumstances the Government will take the necessary steps to ensure availability of representation in Very High Cost Cases in which legally aided defendants are currently unrepresented. This could include increasing the capacity of the Public Defender Service. It remains open to the self-employed Bar to accept instructions on these cases, and we would welcome the maximum possible participation of the self-employed Bar in this regard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

49996

	registered interest
	date	06/05/2014
	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 public funds were spent on the consultation process and publication of the Government Response to Call for Evidence on the Legal Services Regulatory Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	197776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The costs incurred by the Ministry of Justice in publishing the Call for Evidence on the Legal Services Regulatory Framework and the Government Response primarily consisted of MoJ staff resources. These costs cannot be quantified as they formed part of the normal day to day work of the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The document was made available on-line and so no additional printing costs were incurred. There may be limited additional costs for translation of the Government Response into Welsh but these are yet to be confirmed.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter