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170511

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many specialist domestic violence courts have closed since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>From April 2010 Local Criminal Justice Boards (LCJBs) took responsibility for the governance and performance management of the 143 accredited Specialist Domestic Violence Courts (SDVCs) across England and Wales. As of March 2014 there were 137 accredited SDVCs. However, the closure of SDVCs in some areas does not necessarily mean that provision in that area has ceased, as many of the SDVC systems cover a number of courthouses. Closure of an SDVC in one courthouse would simply mean that the case would be heard in another accredited courthouse within the Local Justice Area.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS remains committed to a partnership approach to supporting domestic violence victims going through the Criminal Justice Process.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/01/2015 17:14:11 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

171314

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times legal aid funding in ongoing domestic violence cases has ceased because the Legal Aid Agency ruled that evidence is outside of the prescribed time period since 1 January 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	219187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The LAA does not record this information.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/01/2015 16:02:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170773

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Temporary Employment
	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 on clerical agency staff in each month since July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	218950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Since April 2010 we have cut our overall spend on temporary staff by £35.5m. We only use temporary staff to fill business-critical posts and essential frontline services where they can provide a fast, flexible and efficient way to obtain necessary skills that are not currently available in-house. We will continue to examine our use of contractors and look for further reductions.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In responding to each question we have utilised data provided by our contracted supplier of temporary clerical staff.</p><p> </p><p>1) The following amounts (exclusive of VAT) have been spent on clerical agency staff across -</p><p> </p><p>July 2014 - £3,421,108.62 (5 week period)</p><p>August 2014 - £2,711,052.38 (4 week period)</p><p>September 2014 - £2,946,902.62 (4 week period)</p><p>October 2014 - £4,060,595.46 (5 week period)</p><p>November 2014 - £3,082,356.77 (4 week period)</p><p> </p><p>2) The following number of clerical agency staff have been utilised –</p><p> </p><p>July 2014 - 2117 (Actual)</p><p>August 2014 - 2129 (Actual)</p><p>September 2014 - 2271 (Actual)</p><p>October 2014 - 2509 (Actual)</p><p>November 2014 - 2257 (Actual)</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 219185 question first answered 06/01/2015 17:23:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

170769

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Insolvency
	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 implications of the ruling of the High Court in the case of R (on the application of Tony Whitshon) v Secretary of State for Justice on his policy on (a) insolvency litigation and (b) other exemptions in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	219028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Court’s judgment concerned the issue of the application of the no win no fee reforms in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 to mesothelioma claims. It does not have wider implications for insolvency and other cases.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/01/2015 17:27:22 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168732

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Employment and Support Allowance: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals against employment and support allowance sanctions made from the West Midlands have been successful in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	217735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decisions on a range of benefits.</p><p>HMCTS does not record data specifically relating to appeals against sanctions imposed by DWP and does not therefore hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 217736 217737 question first answered 11/12/2014 17:31:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

170517

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the refurbishment of court buildings in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218636
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice and HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service are unable to collate the information required to answer the question without a detailed check to ensure the information is accurate. I will write to the hon. Member for Hammersmith in due course with the information once it is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 06/01/2015 17:03:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170132

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much was spent on the refurbishment of magistrates' court buildings in each of the last four years.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice and HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service are unable to collate the information required to answer the question without a detailed check. I will write to the hon. Member for Hammersmith in due course with the information once it is available.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 17/12/2014 17:24:13 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170522

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
	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 25 November 2014 to Question 215302, whether he plans to commission external (a) consultants and (b) accountants to plan the five year investment.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	218841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Reform Programme is led by officials in HMCTS, but will draw on specialist external resource where necessary, to allow the department to effectively plan and deliver the programme. This will ensure that we deliver the best possible value for money from the investment, on behalf of the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/12/2014 17:31:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

168337

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) male and (b) female.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217360
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>As at 30 November 2014, the Ministry of Justice executive board comprised 4 female and 3 male executive members, and 2 female and 2 male non-executive members.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not monitor the composition of its executive board separately from its general monitoring of the representation of protected characteristics across the Department’s workforce. Other than for gender, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of ethnicity or disability data for the Department’s executive board given the small numbers involved. This is standard practice and protects individual identification.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ workforce diversity data is published annually, the most recent report for the 2013-14 period can be found at; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378112/moj-diversity-data-report-2013-14_.pdf&amp;rsquo;" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378112/moj-diversity-data-report-2013-14_.pdf’</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 217381 217402 question first answered 11/12/2014 17:33:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

168355

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	217381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>As at 30 November 2014, the Ministry of Justice executive board comprised 4 female and 3 male executive members, and 2 female and 2 male non-executive members.</p><p> </p><p>The department does not monitor the composition of its executive board separately from its general monitoring of the representation of protected characteristics across the Department’s workforce. Other than for gender, it is not possible to provide a breakdown of ethnicity or disability data for the Department’s executive board given the small numbers involved. This is standard practice and protects individual identification.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ workforce diversity data is published annually, the most recent report for the 2013-14 period can be found at; <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378112/moj-diversity-data-report-2013-14_.pdf&amp;rsquo;" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/378112/moj-diversity-data-report-2013-14_.pdf’</a></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 217360 217402 question first answered 11/12/2014 17:33:38 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson