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1692783

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that legal aid remains accessible.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	16285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2024 answer text <p>Access to justice is a fundamental right, and in 2022/23 we spent £1.86 billion on legal aid: £926 million on civil, £873 million on crime, and £56 million through central funds (central funds provide funding for, amongst other things, Defence Costs Orders, which are made in respect of non legally-aided defendants who are acquitted, and independent cross examination of vulnerable witnesses in criminal and civil proceedings).</p><p>The Ministry of Justice published the Government Response to the Means Test Review consultation exercise in May 2023, which sets out the detailed policy decisions underpinning the new means-test arrangements.</p><p>Our changes will increase the number of people eligible for civil legal aid in England and Wales by an additional 2.5 million, with 3.5 million more people eligible for criminal legal aid at the magistrates’ court.</p><p>We have also injected up to £10 million a year into housing legal aid through the Housing Loss Prevention Advice Service (HLPAS). HLPAS provides early legal advice on housing, debt, and welfare benefits problems for anyone facing the loss of their home.</p><p>In 2023, we broadened the evidence requirements for victims of domestic abuse applying for legal aid. Special Guardianship Orders in private law proceedings were also brought into the scope of legal aid. This represented an injection of £13 million a year.</p><p>We will shortly be consulting on expanding the provision of legal aid at inquests related to major incidents where the Independent Public Advocate is appointed or in the aftermath of terrorist incidents. If implemented, this would mean that no family involved in such cases in future would face an inquest without proper legal representation.</p><p>To support and strengthen the criminal legal aid sector, in responding to the Criminal Legal Aid Independent Review, we uplifted most criminal legal aid fee schemes by 15% in 2022. We are also consulting on reforms to the police station fee scheme and the Youth Court fee scheme, for which we have allocated an extra £21 million per year. These changes increase spend by up to £141 million a year - taking expected criminal legal aid spend to £1.2 billion per year. The additional funding into the system will help contribute towards the sustainability of the market and help ensure legal aid is accessible for the future.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 16425 question first answered 08/03/2024 14:37:18 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1675899

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on hospitality in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	5479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish this data, as has been the case under successive administrations.</p><p> </p><p>All Business Units within the Ministry of Justice have a responsibility to keep official hospitality costs as low as possible and demonstrate good value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial and senior official hospitality are published on a quarterly basis, and are available on GOV.UK</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 14/12/2023 15:38:42 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1523033

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Taxis
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on taxi cabs for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	63954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The question cannot be answered within cost exemption. You may wish to know that total the department’s expenditure on travel, subsistence and hospitality is published in the annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/10/2022 15:18:05 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1521335

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	61759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td>2020 Apr - Apr</td><td>Total spend on 1<sup>st</sup> class train travel</td><td>£150,189.50</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Of which was Judiciary</td><td>£144,017.30</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Civil Servants</td><td>£6,172.20</td></tr><tr><td>2021 Apr - Apr</td><td>Total spend on 1<sup>st</sup> class train travel</td><td>£287,039.60</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Of which was Judiciary</td><td>£261,289.25</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Civil Servants</td><td>£25,750.35</td></tr><tr><td>2022 (YTD) Apr - Sept</td><td>Total spend on 1<sup>st</sup> class train travel</td><td>£215,246.05</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Of which was Judiciary</td><td>£195,015.65</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Civil Servants</td><td>£20,230</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are unable to break down the amount spent on ministerial travel as Ministers are not considered employees of the department. They are therefore not required to create accounts and book their own travel which can be monitored through our management reports. Instead, their travel is booked by Private Office employees and logged as guest users.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 21/10/2022 13:38:13 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1491470

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	41945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>MOJ spend on agency workers (also commonly referred to as “Contingent Labour” or “Temporary Workers”) in the periods requested is as follows.</p><p>We have interpreted the reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service. This is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post. Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£197.6m</p></td><td><p>£233.3m</p></td><td><p>£196.0m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>MoJ is taking several steps to reduce its reliance on agency workers. This includes monitoring resourcing levels and delivering recruitment campaigns which aim to adequately address shortfalls in staffing numbers, aiming to recruit 1500 trainee Probation Officers per FY to qualify in the Professional Qualification in Probation (PQiP) to reach the Target Operating Model by 2025, and running regional ready-qualified Probation Officer recruitment campaigns to incentivise agency workers to apply for permanent positions with HMPPS. We are also developing internal progression routes for existing Probation Services Officers (PSOs) to apply to the PQiP learning programme internally. Recruitment activity is underway to prioritise the backfilling of PSOs to continue the pipeline throughout.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 06/09/2022 08:11:11 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488891

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Aviation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department has spent on air travel for (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	35849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as costs for air travel for senior officials and ministers are aggregated with other costs.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 21/07/2022 15:36:27 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1488231

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department has spent on advertising in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	34818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The cost breakdown of publicity and advertising spend for MoJ is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Publicity &amp; Advertising</strong></p></td><td><p>£452,612</p></td><td><p>£611,205</p></td><td><p>£ 1,019,663</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The drive in prison officer recruitment and a new campaign in offender employment has contributed to the increase in spend.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 20/07/2022 16:30:09 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1487850

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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 on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	33707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to the answers given to PQ 11689 on 8 June 2022 and PQ 18922 on 20 June 2022.</p><p> </p><p>MoJ engaged the following consultancies during these periods:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>4C</p></td><td><p>Accenture</p></td><td><p>Actica</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arcadis</p></td><td><p>Astute</p></td><td><p>Atkins</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bloom</p></td><td><p>Bowdler Project Management</p></td><td><p>Bright Green Learning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Centre for Justice Innovation</p></td><td><p>CMH Consult</p></td><td><p>Concerto Partners</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte</p></td><td><p>Eficcio</p></td><td><p>Ernst &amp; Young</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health HR</p></td><td><p>IBM</p></td><td><p>KPMG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maureen Carson Health Executive Consultancy Ltd</p></td><td><p>Mott MacDonald</p></td><td><p>PA Consulting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Positive Impact</p></td><td><p>Private Public</p></td><td><p>PWC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Triad</p></td><td><p>Veracity</p></td><td><p>Whitmuir</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Work Psychology Group</p></td><td><p>XPS</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 19/07/2022 15:52:50 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486921

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Legal Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much their Department and its associated agencies spent on legal disputes in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	31737
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost, as the costs spent on legal disputes are not held in a single format centrally.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 14/07/2022 14:57:55 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486566

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	31016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice awards contracts to suppliers following a rigorous procurement activity. The successful supplier will be able to provide the goods and services provided with the best value for money to the taxpayer.</p><p>The total value of contracts for G4S, Serco and Capita which were held by the Department and Active in the years since 2020, 2021 and 2022 are shown in the following tables:</p><p><strong>a) G4S: </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of all Active Contracts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£862,754,245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£688,029,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£1,054,103,396</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>b) Serco:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of all Active Contracts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£1,346,038,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£1,038,139,364</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£1,335,153,142</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>c) Capita:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of all Active Contracts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>£563,991,975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>£567,722,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>£567,722,435</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 13/07/2022 15:50:43 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett