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1136743

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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, what information his Department holds on the (a) market value of courts sold as part of HM Courts and Tribunal reform programme and (b) the resale value of those courts after they entered private ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	272804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS achieves market value when selling surplus buildings and takes professional advice as part of the disposal process to make sure that this is the case.</p><p> </p><p>Sale receipts for court and tribunal buildings sold since 2016 are as follows</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Property</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Receipt (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abergavenny Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>499,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p></td><td><p>95,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>750,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bow County Court</p></td><td><p>3,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>1,000,001</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon Law Court</p></td><td><p>575,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>375,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>445,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p></td><td><p>223,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chester-le-Street Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dolgellau Mags &amp; Crown Court</p></td><td><p>67,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>2,150,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester Western Road</p></td><td><p>850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grantham Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>560,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>12,005,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>43,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead Magistrates Court (North Anglsey),</p></td><td><p>112,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth County Court</p></td><td><p>100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates</p></td><td><p>1,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni County Court</p></td><td><p>72,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath And Port Talbot County Court</p></td><td><p>250,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northallerton Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>450,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontypridd Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>350,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhyl County Court</p></td><td><p>92,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>9,850,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>4,300,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spalding Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>278,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tottenham (Enfield) Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>4,570,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>3,471,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford Magistrates Court</p></td><td><p>3,836,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Super Mare Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>116,078</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woolwich County Court</p></td><td><p>2,555,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The table above excludes transfers of surplus properties to other government departments (such as Homes England) as these are not categorised as sale transactions, but as internal transfers within government.</p><p> </p><p>Since the start of the Reform Programme all money raised from the sale of surplus buildings has been reinvested in the reform of HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold information on the resale value of former court and tribunal buildings. HM Courts and Tribunals Service does however monitor resale values in instances that could yield overage. As with any property, details of any subsequent sales can be obtained from the Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 08/07/2019 15:07:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1135970

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Translation Services
	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 (a) number of court cases rescheduled due to problems with interpreting or translating services and (b) additional cost incurred from that rescheduling in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	271430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry does not hold central data for all jurisdictions and hearing types in which interpreters are used and to manually review each case would incur disproportionate costs. However, central information does exist on the number of trials listed in the criminal courts which were adjourned as a result of interpreters being unavailable. This data is published in Criminal Court Statistics.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a></p><p>A table detailing such occurrences over the last three years for which data is available is copied below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Crown Courts</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Magistrates’ Courts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of trials</p></td><td><p>Adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td><td><p>% of trials adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td><td><p>Number of trials</p></td><td><p>Adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td><td><p>% of trials adjourned due to interpreter availability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p><strong>37,339</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>149,423</strong></p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p><strong>34,579</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>136,962</strong></p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p><strong>29,583</strong></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0.1%</p></td><td><p><strong>123,023</strong></p></td><td><p>495</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>As the associated costs for HMCTS of rescheduling trial cases will vary, depending on whether other work was able to be heard in that courtroom, this information is not held centrally.</p><p>The department continues to monitor its language service contracts closely and work with the suppliers to drive improvements and reduce the cost on the taxpayer. The Language Service contract has achieved a fulfilment rate of 97% over the first quarter of 2019.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 04/07/2019 14:49:11 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1135559

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to minimise the frequency of assessment for recipients of employment support allowance and personal independence payment; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of extending the light touch benefit reviews introduced for disabled people of pension age to (a) claimants with life-long disabilities and (b) all claimants.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	270790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Changes have been made to the benefit reassessment process for those with the most severe and lifelong health conditions.</p><p>In Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit, since September 2017 we have stopped routinely assessing those whose level of function would always mean that they are unlikely ever to be able to move into work. And in 2018 we introduced updated guidance for Personal Independence Payment health professionals and case managers to ensure that people who already receive the highest level of support and whose needs are unlikely to change or may get worse, will receive an ongoing award with a light touch review at the ten-year point.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 03/07/2019 15:32:26 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1134854

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Bolton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there are plans to introduce a Sunday rail service for Moses Gate, Farnworth and Kearsley stations.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	269697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to introduce a Sunday rail service at these stations as part of Northern’s franchise agreement, the specification for which was developed in consultation with local authorities and Transport for the North. Whilst the railway needs to balance passenger and stakeholder aspirations with the practical and economic viability of running additional services, ideas for these can always be put forward for consideration to Transport for the North.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/07/2019 11:56:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1133233

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Non-binary People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the International Civil Aviation Organisation's permitting of the use of X (unspecified) on passports, for what reasons the Government does not issue non-gendered X passports for people who do not identify as either male or female.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	266756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>United Kingdom legislation only recognises two legal sexes or genders; male and female. There is no legal recognition of a third gender. Her Majesty’s Passport Office can therefore only issue passports indicating ‘male’ or ‘female’.</p><p>The Government is aware of an increasing number of people who identify as neither exclusively male nor female. We have committed to carrying out a call for evidence on the experiences of people who have a non-binary gender identity. The evidence gathered from this exercise will inform the Government’s next steps in this area.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 24/06/2019 16:09:23 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132240

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Race and Ethnicity Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are members of the Race and Ethnicity Board that was established as a result of the Lammy Review; how many hours the members of that Board have worked in the last 12 months; what the budget is of that Board; and whether the Budget has remained the same in each year since that Board was established.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Government’s response to the Lammy Review, we have set up a Race and Ethnicity Board to oversee progress on the recommendations, and the wider agenda of race disparity. The Board currently has circa 22 members and is chaired by the Ministry of Justice Director General for Policy, Communications and Analysis. Membership of the Board includes senior level representation from departmental policy groups (from Ministry of Justice and other government departments), operational bodies such as HM Prison and Probation Service, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, and the Crown Prosecution Service, and external members. It is not possible to isolate individual time spent on race disparity work, as the board members hold these positions as part of their wider work responsibilities. However, the board was set up in January 2018 and has since met on a quarterly basis. The board does not have a dedicated budget as work is resourced separately by the various organisations responsible for actions to address racial disparities.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/06/2019 16:04:02 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132241

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department has taken to implement recommendation 11 of the Lammy Review; and what information his Department holds on (a) racial and (b) gender breakdowns of (i) plea and (ii) remand decisions in magistrates' courts in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Recommendation 12 of the Lammy Review has been implemented. MoJ now publishes both sentencing and offence tools which break data down by demographic characteristics, whilst preserving the privacy of individuals where sample groups are small. This was first implemented in May 2018's Criminal Justice Statistics publication and will be updated annually. Latest versions of these data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the implementation of recommendation 11 of the Lammy Review, research into current processes does not reveal evidence to indicate plea and remand decision data gaps. HMCTS standard operating processes, supported by IT case management systems applying data integrity and validation checks, satisfy the court’s duty under Part 5 of the Criminal Procedure Rules to make records. However, it is true that plea data is not available for a considerable volume of summary only non-imprisonable cases. Unfortunately, this results from a defendant failing to engage with the court process (as opposed to HMCTS failing to record the plea).</p><p> </p><p>One of the ways HMCTS is making it easier for defendants to engage with the court process is for defendants to respond online via the make a plea service. Furthermore, while most defendants arrive in the magistrates’ court on bail or in custody, remand decision data is not available for those cases arriving at court (first hearing) by way of postal requisition, summons or single justice procedure notice because, as a matter of law, these defendants are not on remand.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 264757 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:44:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132242

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps have been taken to implement recommendation 12 of the Lammy Review on the Open Justice initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Recommendation 12 of the Lammy Review has been implemented. MoJ now publishes both sentencing and offence tools which break data down by demographic characteristics, whilst preserving the privacy of individuals where sample groups are small. This was first implemented in May 2018's Criminal Justice Statistics publication and will be updated annually. Latest versions of these data can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>In relation to the implementation of recommendation 11 of the Lammy Review, research into current processes does not reveal evidence to indicate plea and remand decision data gaps. HMCTS standard operating processes, supported by IT case management systems applying data integrity and validation checks, satisfy the court’s duty under Part 5 of the Criminal Procedure Rules to make records. However, it is true that plea data is not available for a considerable volume of summary only non-imprisonable cases. Unfortunately, this results from a defendant failing to engage with the court process (as opposed to HMCTS failing to record the plea).</p><p> </p><p>One of the ways HMCTS is making it easier for defendants to engage with the court process is for defendants to respond online via the make a plea service. Furthermore, while most defendants arrive in the magistrates’ court on bail or in custody, remand decision data is not available for those cases arriving at court (first hearing) by way of postal requisition, summons or single justice procedure notice because, as a matter of law, these defendants are not on remand.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 264756 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:44:04 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132243

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Youth Justice Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the demographic breakdown of Youth Justice Boards in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>This demographic information relates to the Youth Justice Board (YJB) for England and Wales. Youth Justice is a devolved matter in the rest of the UK. The data below summarises YJB’s staff composition as at 31 March 2019. <strong>All staff by gender</strong> <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>42%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>All staff by ethnicity</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not specified</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>All staff by age</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-34</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-44</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-54</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-64</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 +</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UNKNOWN</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>All </strong><strong>staff by disability</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Percentage of staff who consider themselves disabled</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table>The data below summarises YJB’s Board member composition as at 1 January 2018. <strong>Board members including the Chair by gender</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Gender</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>73%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Board members including the Chair by ethnicity</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not specified</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Board members <em>excluding</em> the Chair by age</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26-35</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>36-45</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>46-55</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56-65</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><strong>Board members including the chair by disability</strong><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Percentage of staff who consider themselves disabled</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132244

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the update to recommendation 10 on page 25 of the Lammy Review, what assessment his Department has made of the cost of each of the pilots in (a) London (North West Borough Command Unit), (b) Surrey, (c) Cumbria and (d) West Yorkshire; and when his Department plans to publish an interim report on the effectiveness of those pilots.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has partnered with police forces, Police and Crime Commissioners and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime in London to develop pilots of a Chance to Change (‘deferred prosecution’) model in London (North West Borough Command Unit), Surrey and West Yorkshire. Cumbria are no longer pursuing a pilot.</p><p> </p><p>Pilots are yet to fully commence, however, once they are operational we will share updates on progress within wider updates on tackling racial disparity work. Pilot areas have been asked to assess the effectiveness of their schemes. Results on effectiveness should include data on reoffending which will not be available until at least 12 months after any period considered, so will not be immediately available.</p><p> </p><p>The department has not made an assessment of the cost of each of the pilots.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 24/06/2019 14:39:36 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132245

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Judiciary: Education
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual budget is of the pre-application judicial education programme.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	264760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Pre-application Judicial Education Programme is a positive step forward to support lawyers from all backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups as they aspire towards a judicial career. MOJ funding for the programme will amount to an estimate of £152,000 over three years (2018/19 to 2020/21). We anticipate that £31,500 of that will be incurred in 2019/20. The total cost of the programme will be approximately £300,000 including contributory costs from partners.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 24/06/2019 16:47:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1131705

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
	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 cost to his Department of the IT problems experienced in the week commencing 21 January 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	263788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is continuing discussions with its Suppliers in relation to the outage. Due to the ongoing nature of these discussions it is not possible to provide any information pertaining to the quantification of costs, at this time.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 21/06/2019 13:28:21 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1131799

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
	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 days sat by Crown Courts in England in the financial years (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17 and (c) 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	263789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of days sat by Crown Courts in England in the financial years 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18 are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Days sat</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>104,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>103,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>98,616</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Note: Cases include all case types (e.g. trials, appeals, sentences etc.)</em></p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale management system and is the best data that is available.</em></p><p> </p><p>Waiting times for trials in the Crown Court in 2018 were the lowest since 2014 - despite the challenge of increasingly complex cases - and the number of trial cases in hand is the lowest since 2000. We continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Court to ensure it has the resources it requires.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/06/2019 16:32:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1130675

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
	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 21 May 2019 to Question 253551 on Ministry of Justice: telephone services, on what date that helpline was set up; how many calls that helpline received in each month from the date it was set up to 30 April 2019; what promotional material was used to advertise that helpline's use; and whether that helpline is still in use.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	261502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The attached table shows the number of calls received by each telephone line, these go back as far as data is available.</p><p> </p><p>The CICA phoneline was set up in 2007/2008. HMCTS centralised its telephone service to go through their Loughborough Contact Centre in 2011. The LAA phonelines have existed in various formats for the past 17 years. OPG do not have the exact date that the phone line was set up. All phonelines are still in use.</p><p> </p><p>All numbers are advertised on relevant department websites and some are included on letterheads and corporate literature.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/06/2019 15:42:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name Copy of Table for PQ 261502.xlsx title Table
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1130491

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Attendance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Failure to Appear warrants were issued (a) in each year between 2014 and 2018 and (b) from 1 January to 30 April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	261185
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) published its response to the consultation Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate on 10 May 2019.</p><p>Figures on Failure To Attend warrants for the period 2011 to 2017 appear on page 16 of that response: -</p><p>Magistrates Courts – Failure to Attend Warrants (FTA)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p>115,490</p></td><td><p>109,521</p></td><td><p>95,234</p></td><td><p>94,540</p></td><td><p>92,983</p></td><td><p>92,862</p></td><td><p>93,317</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: Figures are for warrants issued in Criminal Proceedings for failing to attend Court, as well as those issued for failing to comply with the requirements of a Community Order. Figures are based on cases rather than defendants which means that where a defendant has more than one case for which a warrant is issued, each instance will be counted. Data is based on the most serious offence type on a case when it is registered on the HMCTS Libra Case Management system, and where a warrant is issued at different hearings for the same case, each issuance will be counted.</p><p>The full document can be found on GOV.UK at:<br>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/800874/hmcts-fit-for-the-future-consultation-response.pdf</p><p>The number of Failure to Attend warrants for 2018, and those between January and April 2019, will be published later this year.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS are developing a consistent statistical measure of Failure to Appear warrants and will be publishing a time series of these figures alongside MoJ court statistics later this year.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 13/06/2019 16:08:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1129087

	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	Courts: Opening Hours
	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 days (a) crown courts and (b) magistrates courts in England (i) sat in 2018 and (ii) are expected to sit 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	259164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of days sat in the Crown Court in England in the calendar year 2018 was 97,431 days.</p><p> </p><p>The number of sessions sat in magistrates’ courts in England in the calendar year 2018 was 208,711. We don’t count days sat in the magistrates’ court and instead count sessions. A session is usually half a day in length.</p><p> </p><p>We estimate that we will sit around 79,000 days in the Crown Court and around 215,000 sessions in the magistrates’ courts in England in the financial year 2019/20. These estimates are based on how much resource is required to deal with the number of cases expected to be received in 2019/20 and reflect demand in the Crown Court.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Court and magistrates’ court and will ensure they have the resources they require.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting times for trials in 2018 were the lowest since 2014, despite the challenge of increasingly complex cases</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 10/06/2019 16:18:15 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1129089

	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	Homicide: Sentencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of sentence was for (a) white, (b) BAME and (c) traveller defendants convicted of murder in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018 and (iii) 2019 up to April 30.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	259165
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Every offender convicted of murder must be given a life sentence as this sentence is fixed by law.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold full information on the tariff period (the minimum period that must be spent in custody) set by the court when imposing a mandatory life sentence. Information may be held in individual court records but to be able to identify these cases we would have to access individual court records which would be of disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the average custodial sentence length (in months) for offenders has been published by the Ministry of Justice up to December 2018 and can be filtered by ethnicity. However, in the case of murder this simply shows a life sentence. This information can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802314/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>Filter by ‘Offence’ as required.</p><p> </p><p>For ethnicity breakdowns, filter by ‘Ethnicity’ for the required ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>Ethnicity information is provided using a 5+1 classification (based on the 2011 census classification) and is therefore not available for “traveller” defendants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 10/06/2019 14:28:48 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1128388

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Sri Lanka: Terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to his Sri Lankan counterpart on protection for the Muslim community from retaliatory attacks in that country; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	257499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made a number of representations to the Sri Lankan authorities regarding the protection of the Muslim community and other minorities in Sri Lanka. In the aftermath of the Easter Sunday attacks we urged the Sri Lankan government, faith and community leaders to lead an inclusive response to the attacks that brought different communities and faith groups together, and ensured the protection of minorities.</p><p>The Minister of State for Security and Economic Crime, Ben Wallace, visited Sri Lanka on 2-3 May and met with President Sirisena, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and a number of faith leaders to underline this message. Lord Ahmad and I have raised the issue of protection for minority groups with the Sri Lankan High Commissioner, and our High Commission in Colombo has continued to raise concerns with the Sri Lankan Prime Minister, including following the outbreaks of violence against Muslim communities on 13 May.</p><p>I addressed the House on this matter on 14 May, and our High Commission also joined an EU statement on 16 May calling on political, religious and other community leaders to make every effort to promote understanding and harmony between communities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Cities of London and Westminster answering member printed Mark Field question first answered 04/06/2019 10:09:18 answering member 1405 label Biography information for Mark Field
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126889

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	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: Consultants
	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 March 2019 to Question 231973 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Consultants, for what reason the figure for the total spend by the HM Courts and Tribunals Service on consultancy in 2016-17 provided in that Answer differs from the total figure for that expenditure published on page 47 of the HM Courts & Tribunals Service Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	254791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The previous parliamentary question 231973 asked for total spend on consultancy in 2016-17, so the figures provided were extracted from the Bravo contract system which reports all spend that has been invoiced during the reporting period.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17 are prepared on an accruals basis - this is when the cost is recognised within the relevant period in which the department derives the benefit of the services acquired or consume the goods purchased, regardless of when invoices are received or payment was made – and is the reason why the Answer to Question 231973 differs.</p><p> </p><p>The Annual Report &amp; Accounts are prepared in accordance with accounting standards and are subject to audit.</p><p> </p><p>By making use of consultants, the department can save on salary, national insurance and pension costs associated with permanently employing individuals whose skills may not be needed after a set period.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 20/05/2019 16:09:42 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126970

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Trials: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) BAME and (b) white defendants who enter guilty pleas.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	254792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of guilty pleas (where plea was known) has slowly been declining, from 74% in 2014 to 69% for white defendants, and from 61% in 2014 to 57% for BAME defendants in 2018.</p><p>Data is only available for defendants dealt with at Crown Court (not all defendants) for indictable offences.</p><p>The proportion of defendants who entered a guilty plea by ethnicity (2008 – 2018) can be found in the Crown court data tool at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802313/crown-court-tool-2018.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/802313/crown-court-tool-2018.xlsx</a></p><ul><li>Remove the ‘Values’ field from Rows</li><li>Drag the ‘Ethnicity’ field into Rows</li><li>Drag the ‘Total for Trial’ field into Values</li><li>Filter to ’01: Guilty Plea’ in the ‘Plea at Crown Court’ field for the number of defendants that entered a guilty plea</li><li>Filter to ’01: Guilty Plea’ and ’02: Not Guilty plea’ in the ‘Plea at Crown Court’ field number of defendants that entered a plea overall (where plea was known)</li><li>The number of BAME defendants can be defined by combining ’02: Black’, ’03: Asian’, ’04: Mixed’ and ’05: Chinese and other’ rows. The number of white defendants who entered a guilty plea each year can be found in the ‘01: White’ row.</li><li>The proportion of defendants who entered a guilty plea can be found by dividing the number of guilty pleas by the number of overall pleas for the relevant ethnicity rows.</li></ul> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/05/2019 16:46:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126077

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference paragraph 7.20 of HM Courts & Tribunals Service response to the consultation paper entitled Fit for the future: transforming the Court and Tribunal Estate, what steps he is taking to determine appropriate capacity utilisation of the HM Courts & Tribunals estate; and what the date is for the completion of that analysis.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is currently investigating how to appropriately evaluate optimum utilisation rates for courts and tribunals, looking at past data on utilisation and performance. We anticipate that this analytical work will be completed prior to the publication of any further proposals regarding the court or tribunal estate.</p><p> </p><p>Maintaining effective access to justice will be the top priority when making decisions about the future of courts and tribunals buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly and, where a service is moved outside the local area, will only follow a full public consultation. To date, courts that have closed have been dilapidated, too close to another or underused. All money raised from the sale of buildings since 2016 has been reinvested back into the justice system.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 15:42:20 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126081

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings in the south west of England were inaccessible to (a) defendants and witnesses, (b) members of the public and (c) court staff with disabilities in the week beginning 6 May 2019; and how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many of those courts were inaccessible to at least one of those groups for (i) more than one week and (ii) more than one month in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements. Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of our buildings were accessible to the user groups listed during the period in question. Of the 40 total courts and tribunals in the South West, none were inaccessible to witnesses, staff or members of the public during the week commencing 6 May 2019, whilst 27 were inaccessible to one very specific user group with disabilities (defendants using custodial facilities).</p><p> </p><p>No buildings were temporarily inaccessible due to broken lifts.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to list cases at suitable venues when there are access needs. Where access issues do arise various mitigations are explored, including video-conferencing from a remote site, the use of judicial or staff lifts, or later start times for those who require longer to travel to court.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015/16, we have invested more than £114m to improve court buildings and, in last year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £15m to be spent on improving maintenance and security across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 15:39:33 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126082

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings in the south east of England, excluding Greater London, were inaccessible to (a) defendants and witnesses, (b) members of the public and (c) court staff with disabilities in the week beginning 6 May 2019; and how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many of those courts were inaccessible to at least one of those groups for (i) more than one week and (ii) more than one month in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements. Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of our buildings were accessible to the user groups listed during the period in question. Of the 81 total courts and tribunals in the South East, only 11 were inaccessible to witnesses and members of the public during the week commencing 6 May 2019, none were inaccessible to staff, whilst 39 were inaccessible to one very specific user group with disabilities (defendants using custodial facilities).</p><p> </p><p>3 of those buildings were temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts, of which 3 were inaccessible for more than one month.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to list cases at suitable venues when there are access needs. Where access issues do arise various mitigations are explored, including video-conferencing from a remote site, the use of judicial or staff lifts, or later start times for those who require longer to travel to court.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015/16, we have invested more than £114m to improve court buildings and, in last year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £15m to be spent on improving maintenance and security across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 16:10:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126083

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings in the Greater London were inaccessible to (a) defendants and witnesses, (b) members of the public and (c) court staff with disabilities in the week beginning 6 May 2019; and how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many of those courts were inaccessible to at least one of those groups for (i) more than one week and (ii) more than one month in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements. Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of our buildings were accessible to the user groups listed during the period in question. Of the 56 total courts and tribunals in London, only 7 were inaccessible to witnesses and members of the public during the week commencing 6 May 2019, none were inaccessible to staff, whilst 26 were inaccessible to one very specific user group with disabilities (defendants using custodial facilities).</p><p> </p><p>2 of those buildings were temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts, of which 2 were inaccessible for more than one month.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to list cases at suitable venues when there are access needs. Where access issues do arise various mitigations are explored, including video-conferencing from a remote site, the use of judicial or staff lifts, or later start times for those who require longer to travel to court.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015/16, we have invested more than £114m to improve court buildings and, in last year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £15m to be spent on improving maintenance and security across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 16:06:13 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126084

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings in the Midlands were inaccessible to (a) defendants and witnesses, (b) members of the public and (c) court staff with disabilities in the week beginning 6 May 2019; and how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many of those courts were inaccessible to at least one of those groups for (i) more than one week and (ii) more than one month in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253546
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements. Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of our buildings were accessible to the user groups listed during the period in question. Of the 44 total courts and tribunals in the Midlands, none were inaccessible to witnesses, staff or members of the public during the week commencing 6 May 2019, whilst 32 were inaccessible to one very specific user group with disabilities (defendants using custodial facilities).</p><p> </p><p>No buildings were temporarily inaccessible due to broken lifts.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to list cases at suitable venues when there are access needs. Where access issues do arise various mitigations are explored, including video-conferencing from a remote site, the use of judicial or staff lifts, or later start times for those who require longer to travel to court.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015/16, we have invested more than £114m to improve court buildings and, in last year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £15m to be spent on improving maintenance and security across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 16:19:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126085

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings in the north west of England were inaccessible to (a) defendants and witnesses, (b) members of the public and (c) court staff with disabilities in the week beginning 6 May 2019; and how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many of those courts were inaccessible to at least one of those groups for (i) more than one week and (ii) more than one month in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements. Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of our buildings were accessible to the user groups listed during the period in question. Of the 45 total courts and tribunals in the North West, only 4 were inaccessible to witnesses or members of the public during the week commencing 6 May 2019, none were inaccessible to staff, whilst 25 were inaccessible to one very specific user group with disabilities (defendants using custodial facilities).</p><p> </p><p>No buildings were temporarily inaccessible due to broken lifts.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to list cases at suitable venues when there are access needs. Where access issues do arise various mitigations are explored, including video-conferencing from a remote site, the use of judicial or staff lifts, or later start times for those who require longer to travel to court.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015/16, we have invested more than £114m to improve court buildings and, in last year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £15m to be spent on improving maintenance and security across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 16:02:28 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126086

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings in the north east of England were inaccessible to (a) defendants and witnesses, (b) members of the public and (c) court staff with disabilities in the week beginning 6 May 2019; and how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many of those courts were inaccessible to at least one of those groups for (i) more than one week and (ii) more than one month in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253548
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements. Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p>The majority of our buildings were accessible to the user groups listed during the period in question. Of the 51 total courts and tribunals in the North East, only four were inaccessible to witnesses and 3 to members of the public during the week commencing 6 May 2019, none were inaccessible to staff, whilst 34 were inaccessible to one very specific user group with disabilities (defendants using custodial facilities).</p><p>No buildings were temporarily inaccessible due to broken lifts. We aim to list cases at suitable venues when there are access needs. Where access issues do arise various mitigations are explored, including video-conferencing from a remote site, the use of judicial or staff lifts, or later start times for those who require longer to travel to court.</p><p>Since 2015/16, we have invested more than £114m to improve court buildings and, in last year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £15m to be spent on improving maintenance and security across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 16:22:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126087

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings in Wales were inaccessible to (a) defendants and witnesses, (b) members of the public and (c) court staff with disabilities in the week beginning 6 May 2019; and how many of those buildings were only temporarily inaccessible in that week because of broken lifts; and how many courts were inaccessible to at least one of these groups for (i) more than one week, and (ii) more than one month in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for staff and service users. We have a reasonable adjustments policy in place to accommodate those with particular access requirements. Disabled access was typically not factored in when many of our court and tribunal buildings were built. However, we have a number of accessible courts that our criminal justice partners are aware of, and these are used to list cases where a defendant might have accessibility needs.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of our buildings were accessible to the user groups listed during the period in question. Of the 27 total courts and tribunals in the Wales, none were inaccessible to witnesses, staff or members of the public during the week commencing 6 May 2019, whilst 11 were inaccessible to one very specific user group with disabilities (defendants using custodial facilities).</p><p> </p><p>No buildings were temporarily inaccessible due to broken lifts.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to list cases at suitable venues when there are access needs. Where access issues do arise various mitigations are explored, including video-conferencing from a remote site, the use of judicial or staff lifts, or later start times for those who require longer to travel to court.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015/16, we have invested more than £114m to improve court buildings and, in last year’s Budget, the Chancellor announced an additional £15m to be spent on improving maintenance and security across the estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/05/2019 15:44:03 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126088

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were rescheduled in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Greater London due to insufficient court space in the months of (i) February, (ii) March and (iii) April 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Published data for criminal cases show the number of trials which were vacated or ineffective (and therefore do not go ahead) in the criminal courts and for ineffective trials, the reasons why the trial was ineffective. One of these is ‘court administrative issues including a lack of court time and court accommodation failures’, – however it is not possible to identify instances where this is specifically due to reasons of ‘insufficient court space’.</p><p> </p><p>Available data on vacated and ineffective trials is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics are currently published up to December 2018. Data for January – March 2019 are due to be published on 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to rescheduled cases and the reasons for them in the civil and family courts are not held by the Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/05/2019 11:19:54 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1126089

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
	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 May 2019 to Question 249921 on Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services, how many calls did each of those helplines receive in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	253551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The table below includes the number of calls received from May 2018 – April 2019.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Public Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>30,223</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMCTS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Divorce</p></td><td><p>550,338</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Employment and Tax Tribunals</p></td><td><p>40,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Family and Civil</p></td><td><p>468,118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Immigration and Asylum</p></td><td><p>139,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- London Magistrates</p></td><td><p>154,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Money Claims</p></td><td><p>265,653</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Probate</p></td><td><p>13,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Single Justice System</p></td><td><p>39,971</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Social Security Child Support</p></td><td><p>478,163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Video Hearings</p></td><td><p>453</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMPPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Public Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>15,644</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Customer Service Centre</p></td><td><p>182,496</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Office of the Public Guardian</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Call Centre Helpline</p></td><td><p>361,749</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Legal Aid Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. of Calls</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Crime Contact Centre</p></td><td><p>116,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Civil Contact Centre</p></td><td><p>165,954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Civil Legal Advice</p></td><td><p>55,340</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 21/05/2019 15:34:06 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1125294

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: ICT
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Transform Justice blog entitled The secret room – who is listening to what in digital courts?, published on 11 April 2019, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of reports in that blog that a secret video control room was placed in a court in Medway; and what information his Department hold on whether that is widespread practice in other courts.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	251946
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>There is no secret video control room at Medway Magistrates’ Court.</p><p>There is a control room, not accessible to the public, where the coordination of participants and the connection and disconnection of video hearings to the courtroom takes place. This function is carried out by a HMCTS video court administrator. There are no other courts operating a control room across the criminal court estate.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/05/2019 12:13:37 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1125365

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Treatment Of, and Outcomes For, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review
	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 28 March 2019 to Question 235745 on Treatment of, and Outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Individuals in the Criminal Justice System Independent Review, when the review of the Supreme Court's recommendations will be completed; and what steps will be taken to ensure that his Department complies with the Court's ruling.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	251975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>We are awaiting the Order from the Supreme Court setting out the instructions it has made in respect of the judgment. Once we have received this, we will come forward with proposals for reform in response to the judgment.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 17/05/2019 11:40:17 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1125411

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ethnicity is of adults who are (a) charged and (b) convicted of joint enterprise in the latest period for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	251981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Joint enterprise is a common law doctrine that applies to any offence where more than one person is being charged and convicted of the same crime. The Ministry of Justice only collects information on the ethnicity of defendants that are prosecuted and convicted of specific criminal offences in England and Wales (i.e. murder, manslaughter, etc) in any given year. Information is not collated on whether a prosecution or conviction also relied on the law of joint enterprise. Such information may be held on court records, but could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 251982 question first answered 17/05/2019 12:12:19 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1125412

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the ethnicity is of defendants under the age of 18 who have been (a) charged and (b) convicted of joint enterprise in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	251982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>Joint enterprise is a common law doctrine that applies to any offence where more than one person is being charged and convicted of the same crime. The Ministry of Justice only collects information on the ethnicity of defendants that are prosecuted and convicted of specific criminal offences in England and Wales (i.e. murder, manslaughter, etc) in any given year. Information is not collated on whether a prosecution or conviction also relied on the law of joint enterprise. Such information may be held on court records, but could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 251981 question first answered 17/05/2019 12:12:19 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124148

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
	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 29 March 2019 to Question 235313 on Courts: Telephone Services, if he will publish a list of (a) every helpline operated by his Department and (b) the prefix of each such helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>During 2014 extensive work was undertaken to transfer MoJ’s higher rate customer service lines into local rate numbers. Since that time the responsibility for these lines has been devolved to the ALBs and MOJ does not hold all this information centrally. Below include helplines operated by MoJ and its Executive Agencies including average call times where available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (Mar 19)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Public Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>0203</p></td><td><p>00:02:19<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMCTS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (Apr 2019)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Divorce</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:16:36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Employment and Tax Tribunals</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:05:42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Family and Civil</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:24:50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Immigration and Asylum</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:12:09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- London Magistrates</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:10:06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Money Claims</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:09:05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Probate</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:05:29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Single Justice System</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:11:17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Social Security Child Support</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:15:19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Video Hearings</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:04:22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMPPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (Mar 19)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Public Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>01633</p></td><td><p>00:01:59<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (2018/19)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Customer Service Centre</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:12:29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Office of the Public Guardian</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Call Centre Helpline</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Legal Aid Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time</strong> <strong>(Apr 2019)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Crime Contact Centre</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:07:47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Civil Contact Centre</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:08:02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Civil Legal Advice</p></td><td><p>0345 / 0845<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>00:11:52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> These do not include waiting times as this information is not held.</p><p><sup>2</sup> There is a recorded message on the 0845-number explaining the 0345 option for callers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 249922 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:33:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 117003 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124149

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the average time spent by callers on each of helplines run by his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>During 2014 extensive work was undertaken to transfer MoJ’s higher rate customer service lines into local rate numbers. Since that time the responsibility for these lines has been devolved to the ALBs and MOJ does not hold all this information centrally. Below include helplines operated by MoJ and its Executive Agencies including average call times where available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ministry of Justice</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (Mar 19)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Public Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>0203</p></td><td><p>00:02:19<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMCTS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (Apr 2019)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Divorce</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:16:36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Employment and Tax Tribunals</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:05:42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Family and Civil</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:24:50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Immigration and Asylum</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:12:09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- London Magistrates</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:10:06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Money Claims</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:09:05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Probate</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:05:29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Single Justice System</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:11:17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Social Security Child Support</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:15:19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Video Hearings</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:04:22</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>HMPPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (Mar 19)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Public Enquiry Line</p></td><td><p>01633</p></td><td><p>00:01:59<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time (2018/19)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Customer Service Centre</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:12:29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Office of the Public Guardian</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Call Centre Helpline</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Legal Aid Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Prefix</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ave Call Time</strong> <strong>(Apr 2019)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Crime Contact Centre</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:07:47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Civil Contact Centre</p></td><td><p>0300</p></td><td><p>00:08:02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>- Civil Legal Advice</p></td><td><p>0345 / 0845<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>00:11:52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup> These do not include waiting times as this information is not held.</p><p><sup>2</sup> There is a recorded message on the 0845-number explaining the 0345 option for callers.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 249921 question first answered 09/05/2019 16:33:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124150

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Telephone Services
	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 29 March 2019 to Question 235313 on Courts: Telephone Services, which helplines were included in that figure for the number of calls received in February 2019; and how many calls were directed to each helpline.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The helplines included were Social Security and Child Support, Divorce, Probate and Single Justice Service. Calls answered on each line in February 2019 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Social Security and Child Support</p></td><td><p>33,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Divorce</p></td><td><p>14,454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Probate</p></td><td><p>1,538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Single Justice Service</p></td><td><p>3,848</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/05/2019 15:27:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124259

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service spent on third-party suppliers in each financial year between 1 April 2008 and 31 March 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS has published the value of ‘purchases of goods and services’ annually in its Annual Report and Accounts since it was formed on 1 April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>We are therefore only able to provide comparable data for HMCTS since its formation (along with the restated comparative figures from 2010-11). HMCTS’ purchases of goods and services are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p>2011-12</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-service-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-service-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012</a></p><p>2012-13</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a></p><p>2013-14</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>2014-15</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>2015-16</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2019 17:08:44 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124261

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service has spent from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2008 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>HMCTS has published the value of consultant expenditure annually in its Annual Report and Accounts since it was formed on 1 April 2011.</p><p> </p><p>We are therefore only able to provide comparable data for HMCTS since its formation (along with the restated comparative figures from 2010-11).</p><p> </p><p>2011-12</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-service-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-service-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012</a></p><p>2012-13</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013</a></p><p>2013-14</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>2014-15</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>2015-16</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>2016-17</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2019 17:10:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124263

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
	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 from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2008 and 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Consultancy spend data for the Ministry of Justice for the periods 2010-11 to 2016-17 is available on gov.uk and can be accessed using the following links.</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012-13 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013-14 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data for the periods 2008-09 and 2009-10 is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 249997 249998 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:07:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124264

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
	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 from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2011 and 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Consultancy spend data for the Ministry of Justice for the periods 2010-11 to 2016-17 is available on gov.uk and can be accessed using the following links.</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012-13 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013-14 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data for the periods 2008-09 and 2009-10 is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 249996 249998 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:07:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1124265

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Consultants
	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 from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2014 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	249998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>Consultancy spend data for the Ministry of Justice for the periods 2010-11 to 2016-17 is available on gov.uk and can be accessed using the following links.</p><p> </p><p>2010-11 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2010-11</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-12</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2012-13 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-13</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2013-14 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2014-15 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2015-16 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2016-17 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-justice-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>The data for the periods 2008-09 and 2009-10 is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 249996 249997 question first answered 13/05/2019 15:07:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1123561

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisons: Digital Technology
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost has been to date of creating facilities for cases to be heard digitally at (a) Pentonville prison, (b) Wormwood Scrubs prison and (c) HM Prison Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	248642
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Each of the prisons mentioned has a number of Prison Court Video link end points which enable prisoners to take part in court hearings digitally. The cost of installing these end points to the respective prisons was approximately (a) £165,000, (b) £135,000 and (c) £135,000.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2019 16:15:30 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1111113

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pregnancy Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2019 to Question 239926 on Pregnancy Tests, for what reason previous studies were not considered robust; and what the extensive limitations were.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	243382
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests considered that the key limitations of previous studies related to the accuracy of recording of what drug was taken by the women; clarity over the timing of administration during pregnancy; adjustment for confounding factors; selection of controls; and the statistical methodology.</p><p> </p><p>The Expert Group used a quality scoring system to evaluate the quality of each individual study according to a set of seven pre-defined quality criteria. The criteria and score agreed by the Expert Working Group for each study are published in Annex 27 of the final report.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria for selecting members of the Expert Working Group were based on the expertise needed to evaluate all aspects of the questions before the Group and the types of data that would need to be assessed. Membership included those with expertise in pharmaco-epidemiology, including perinatal and paediatric epidemiology, medical statistics, embryology, clinical genetics, gynaecology, reproductive endocrinology, toxicology and pharmacology.</p><p> </p><p>The process for selecting members was in line with established policy for expert groups of the Commission on Human Medicines, with the nominations being agreed by the Commission and endorsed by Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 243383 question first answered 15/04/2019 14:23:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1111114

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Hormone Pregnancy Tests Expert Working Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the criteria were for selecting members of the Expert Working Group for Hormone Pregnancy Tests.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	243383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests considered that the key limitations of previous studies related to the accuracy of recording of what drug was taken by the women; clarity over the timing of administration during pregnancy; adjustment for confounding factors; selection of controls; and the statistical methodology.</p><p> </p><p>The Expert Group used a quality scoring system to evaluate the quality of each individual study according to a set of seven pre-defined quality criteria. The criteria and score agreed by the Expert Working Group for each study are published in Annex 27 of the final report.</p><p> </p><p>The criteria for selecting members of the Expert Working Group were based on the expertise needed to evaluate all aspects of the questions before the Group and the types of data that would need to be assessed. Membership included those with expertise in pharmaco-epidemiology, including perinatal and paediatric epidemiology, medical statistics, embryology, clinical genetics, gynaecology, reproductive endocrinology, toxicology and pharmacology.</p><p> </p><p>The process for selecting members was in line with established policy for expert groups of the Commission on Human Medicines, with the nominations being agreed by the Commission and endorsed by Ministers.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 243382 question first answered 15/04/2019 14:23:24 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1109012

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is projected to be spent from the public purse on the courts reform programme in each financial year between April 2019 and 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	239923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>Between April 2019 and 2025 the HM Courts and Tribunals service is projecting to spend £610m on the Reform.</p><p> </p><p>Broken down by year this would equate to:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Implementation Costs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>£219m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>£167m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>£96m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>£55m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>£48m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>£25m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The ambitious Reform programme, developed in partnership with the Judiciary is bringing new technology and modern ways of working to the justice system. New digital services are already making a difference, with 150,000 people using online justice systems in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Public feedback is positive with 85% of people reporting they are happy with the new divorce service, 93% for probate and 89% for civil money claims. Spending is continually monitored to ensure the £1bn budget it met.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/04/2019 16:52:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1109194

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Witnesses: Video Recordings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps are being taken to ensure that those with (a) limited digital capability or (b) disabilities are not negatively affected by the increased use of video court hearings.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	239924
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The use of video-links in the court system is well-established and, in circumstances where the use of a video link (or, in the future, a fully video hearing) might negatively impact those with limited digital capability or disabilities, the judge will always consider individual needs and has the discretion to direct that the individual can appear in person.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS continue to carefully develop and test fully video hearings and have put in place appropriate arrangements and safeguards to ensure that the service is inclusive, and that those with limited digital capability or disabilities are not negatively impacted. This includes ensuring the Fully Video Hearings service will be compatible with assistive technology, conducting user research including users with low digital skills, providing access to trained support staff, and capturing information on participants’ needs to inform judicial decision-making on whether a video hearing is suitable.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/04/2019 16:54:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1109206

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pregnancy Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether a meta-analysis was carried out as part of the Commission on Human Medicines' Expert Working Group review into Hormone Pregnancy Tests.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	239925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Working Group (EWG) review into Hormone Pregnancy Tests (HPTs) was comprehensive, scientifically robust and independent. Based on the totality of the data, the review concluded the available scientific evidence did not support a causal association between the use of HPTs during early pregnancy and birth defects or miscarriage. All evidence considered by the EWG has been published online.</p><p> </p><p>The EWG did not undertake a meta-analysis as part of the review. The EWG examined a large number of epidemiological studies, many of which were conducted under different designs. The EWG considered whether meta-analysis was possible and ultimately concluded that because the studies were so different such an analysis would not be informative. Meta-analysis was also not considered appropriate because the studies were not sufficiently robust and suffered from extensive limitations.</p><p> </p><p>The EWG comprised independent experts from a wide range of relevant specialisms and its report was further scrutinised by the Commission on Human Medicines, the Government’s independent scientific advisory body on the safety of medicines. There are no plans for further peer review of the report. The Government is committed to reviewing any important new evidence that arises.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 239926 question first answered 09/04/2019 11:23:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 112745 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1109215

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pregnancy Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has for peer review the report of the Commission on Human Medicines Expert Working Group on Hormone Pregnancy Tests.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	239926
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Commission on Human Medicines’ Expert Working Group (EWG) review into Hormone Pregnancy Tests (HPTs) was comprehensive, scientifically robust and independent. Based on the totality of the data, the review concluded the available scientific evidence did not support a causal association between the use of HPTs during early pregnancy and birth defects or miscarriage. All evidence considered by the EWG has been published online.</p><p> </p><p>The EWG did not undertake a meta-analysis as part of the review. The EWG examined a large number of epidemiological studies, many of which were conducted under different designs. The EWG considered whether meta-analysis was possible and ultimately concluded that because the studies were so different such an analysis would not be informative. Meta-analysis was also not considered appropriate because the studies were not sufficiently robust and suffered from extensive limitations.</p><p> </p><p>The EWG comprised independent experts from a wide range of relevant specialisms and its report was further scrutinised by the Commission on Human Medicines, the Government’s independent scientific advisory body on the safety of medicines. There are no plans for further peer review of the report. The Government is committed to reviewing any important new evidence that arises.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 239925 question first answered 09/04/2019 11:23:15 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price previous answer version 112746 answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1109225

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Buzzed article entitled The Ministry Of Justice Has Been Accused Of Sitting On Evidence That Undermines Its Drive To Close Courts, published on 18 March 2019, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of reports in that article that the Government chose not to publish data which suggested that people had a more positive experience of the justice system if they had physically been in court; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	239927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HMCTS Citizen User Experience report was published in June 2018 on gov.uk. It is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research. Raw data has also been shared with academics and the findings presented to them.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/04/2019 16:33:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 112738 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi