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1140522

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform
	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 17 July 2019 to Question 263790 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform, whether the academic research for evaluation of reform was made publicly available; and what plans he has for further research on that topic in the current financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	279404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The following academic research for evaluation of reform is publicly available:</p><p> </p><p>Research on the Citizen User Experience: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research</a></p><p> </p><p>London School of Economics evaluation of video hearings in the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation</a></p><p> </p><p>We expect to publish the research on the Professional User Experience and on Social Security and Child Support appellants’ digital capability within the next six months.</p><p> </p><p>Flexible Operating Hours is an ongoing project and we anticipate that research will be published upon completion. On 19<sup>th</sup> July, the evaluation plan for the HMCTS flexible operating hours pilot was published and is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to undertake an overarching evaluation of the courts and tribunals modernisation programme. This will take into account existing data and management information, and further qualitative and quantitative research which we are planning to commission for the evaluation. We are planning to begin commissioning for this research shortly. We are aiming to publish the interim report of our evaluation during the course of the reform programme in 2021, and we will publish a final evaluation report following completion of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 279442 question first answered 02/08/2019 14:51:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140526

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Translation Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275723, what the total spend of his Department was on translation services (a) in the 2017-18 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	279405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>This question has been interpreted to mean costs for all language services, both translators, and interpreters provided in a court setting, and for printed materials available in HMCTS buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The spend by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service on courts translations services was as follows,</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year 2017-18</p></td><td><p>11,487,719.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year 2018-19</p></td><td><p>11,000,690.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019 – 30 Jun 2019</p></td><td><p>3,670,157.83</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures do not include any expenditure related to central funds as these are not included in the accounts for HM Courts and Tribunals Service.</p><p> </p><p>Our most recent statistics show language service requests are at their highest since the new contract was introduced in 2016 the clear majority were fulfilled. It is vital that victims, witnesses and defendants understand what is happening in court to ensure justice is done, and we will always take steps to ensure a qualified interpreter is provided when needed.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:17:37 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140527

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Translation Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275723 on Translation Services, how much funding was allocated to each provider of translation services in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	279412
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS do not allocate funding by supplier for any type of expenditure, so would not be able to provide details on how much was allocated for translation services by supplier.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:48:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140547

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was in England and Wales in (a) 12 months to June 1997 and (b) 12 months to June 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	279432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the prison population in England and Wales in the twelve months to June 1997 and in the twelve months to June 2010:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Table 1: Month-end prison population (July 1996 - June 1997, and July 2009 - June 2010); England &amp; Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>July 1996 - June 1997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July 2009 - June 2010</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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><p>July</p></td><td><p>56,141</p></td><td><p>83,962</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>55,537</p></td><td><p>84,180</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>56,621</p></td><td><p>84,409</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>57,764</p></td><td><p>84,622</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>58,126</p></td><td><p>84,647</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>56,351</p></td><td><p>84,231</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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><p>January</p></td><td><p>57,560</p></td><td><p>83,378</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>58,820</p></td><td><p>83,925</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>59,161</p></td><td><p>85,184</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>60,131</p></td><td><p>85,086</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>60,335</p></td><td><p>85,018</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>61,467</p></td><td><p>85,002</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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><p> </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><p><strong>Average</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>58,168 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>84,470</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </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><p> </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="2"><p><strong>Data sources and quality</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" rowspan="2"><p>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Prison population statistics can be found by accessing the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750714/population-2018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/750714/population-2018.ods</a></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p>We keep the prison population and capacity under careful review to ensure that there is always sufficient capacity for offenders sent by the courts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 13:59:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1140561

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform
	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 17 July 2019 to Question 263790 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Reform, whether the (a) content of and (b) responses to the Social Security and Child Support digital capability survey will be made publicly available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	279442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The following academic research for evaluation of reform is publicly available:</p><p> </p><p>Research on the Citizen User Experience: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research</a></p><p> </p><p>London School of Economics evaluation of video hearings in the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implementing-video-hearings-party-to-state-a-process-evaluation</a></p><p> </p><p>We expect to publish the research on the Professional User Experience and on Social Security and Child Support appellants’ digital capability within the next six months.</p><p> </p><p>Flexible Operating Hours is an ongoing project and we anticipate that research will be published upon completion. On 19<sup>th</sup> July, the evaluation plan for the HMCTS flexible operating hours pilot was published and is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to undertake an overarching evaluation of the courts and tribunals modernisation programme. This will take into account existing data and management information, and further qualitative and quantitative research which we are planning to commission for the evaluation. We are planning to begin commissioning for this research shortly. We are aiming to publish the interim report of our evaluation during the course of the reform programme in 2021, and we will publish a final evaluation report following completion of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 279404 question first answered 02/08/2019 14:51:49 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140581

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Credit Unions
	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 9 July 2019 to Question 271348, for what reasons his Department does not offer a payroll deduction service to enable employees to join a credit union; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	279370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not have the facility to allow staff to join a credit union through payroll deductions. Staff can still make arrangements to contribute to a credit union via direct debit.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Ministry does not currently offer such facility, we continue to explore options to support staff with financial wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/07/2019 14:46:41 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1140590

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of benefit appeals to HM Courts and Tribunal Service made against Department of Work and Pensions decisions were overturned on appeal in (a) Wales and (b) Newport East constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Newport East
	tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
	uin	279393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>Information about the volumes, outcomes, and timeliness of appeals in the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>SSCS appeals are listed into the hearing venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. The published data (which can be viewed at the link above) provide information about the outcomes of appeals for hearing venues covering (a) Wales and (b) the Newport East constituency for January – March 2019, the latest period for which data are available.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on benefit entitlement can be overturned on appeal for a variety of reasons. For instance, further evidence, including evidence in the form of oral testimony, may be provided at the hearing. Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot comment on decisions made by independent tribunal judiciary.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures (to March 2019) indicate that since Personal Independence Payment was introduced, 4.1 million decisions have been made, and of these, 10% have been appealed and 5% have been overturned at Tribunals. For Employment and Support Allowance (post Work Capability Assessment) to December 2018, 4.1m decisions have been made and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/08/2019 14:25:05 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden