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	registered interest
	date	14/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Legal Opinion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	208332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>(a) A large proportion of DCMS's legal advice is provided by the Government Legal Department (GLD) on an annual fixed fee basis. Additional legal advice is obtained from GLD on an hourly rate basis and the Department regularly engages private sector legal services from Counsel and external legal firms. Hourly rates are not available without reviewing individual invoices from the various legal service providers, which would incur disproportionate cost. Advice from counsel is, save for very limited and exceptional circumstances, provided at rates which can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/attorney-generals-panel-counsel-practical-information#rates.</p><p> </p><p>(b) This information is not held centrally and to collect this information would incur a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/01/2019 16:48:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997573

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
	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 applications for exceptional case funding for legal aid for inquests that have been refused and subsequently granted following an appeal.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	185680
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>185680: Between the inception of the legal aid scheme in April 2013 to the most recent period for which published statistics are available (June 2018), a total of 100 applications for exceptional case funding for inquests were subsequently granted (or granted in part) following a review.</p><p>185681: The average time elapsed between an application for exceptional case funding for an inquest being received and a decision being given, for the five complete financial years since the inception of the ECF scheme, is shown below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average working days (including time spent on hold)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 185681 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:36:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

997574

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners: Legal Aid Scheme
	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 time between an application for legal aid for inquests under the exceptional case funding scheme and a decision made was in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	185681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>185680: Between the inception of the legal aid scheme in April 2013 to the most recent period for which published statistics are available (June 2018), a total of 100 applications for exceptional case funding for inquests were subsequently granted (or granted in part) following a review.</p><p>185681: The average time elapsed between an application for exceptional case funding for an inquest being received and a decision being given, for the five complete financial years since the inception of the ECF scheme, is shown below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Average working days (including time spent on hold)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 185680 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:36:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833746

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Select Committee by Michael Spurr on 24 January 2018, on resetting the prison maintenance contract with Amey, what changes his Department plans to make to the terms of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	125504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p><br> Our current focus is on securing improvements to the operational delivery of the contracts with Amey including through strengthened contract management and oversight. If any changes to the terms are judged necessary/essential to drive improved operational performance, they will be made in accordance with Regulation 72 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 125506 125507 125508 125509 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:07:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833748

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Select Committee by Michael Spurr on 24 January 2018, on resetting the prison maintenance contract with Amey, what changes his Department plans to make to the payments made under that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	125506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p><br> Our current focus is on securing improvements to the operational delivery of the contracts with Amey including through strengthened contract management and oversight. If any changes to the terms are judged necessary/essential to drive improved operational performance, they will be made in accordance with Regulation 72 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 125504 125507 125508 125509 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:07:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833749

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Select Committee by Michael Spurr on 24 January 2018, on resetting the prison maintenance contract with Amey, what changes his Department plans to make to Amey's responsibilities under that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	125507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p><br> Our current focus is on securing improvements to the operational delivery of the contracts with Amey including through strengthened contract management and oversight. If any changes to the terms are judged necessary/essential to drive improved operational performance, they will be made in accordance with Regulation 72 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 125504 125506 125508 125509 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:07:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833750

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Select Committee by Michael Spurr on 24 January 2018, on resetting the prison maintenance contract with Amey, what changes his Department plans to make to government monitoring of performance under that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	125508
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p><br> Our current focus is on securing improvements to the operational delivery of the contracts with Amey including through strengthened contract management and oversight. If any changes to the terms are judged necessary/essential to drive improved operational performance, they will be made in accordance with Regulation 72 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 125504 125506 125507 125509 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:07:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833751

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Amey
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence given to the Justice Select Committee by Michael Spurr on 24 January 2018, on resetting the prison maintenance contract with Amey, what changes his Department plans to make to the government oversight of that contract.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	125509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p><br> Our current focus is on securing improvements to the operational delivery of the contracts with Amey including through strengthened contract management and oversight. If any changes to the terms are judged necessary/essential to drive improved operational performance, they will be made in accordance with Regulation 72 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 125504 125506 125507 125508 question first answered 07/02/2018 16:07:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833862

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Interserve
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times letters of concern relating to the performance of Interserve's contracts with his Department have been received by his Department since September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	125620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p><br> The Ministry of Justice does not directly receive letters of concern relating to the performance. Issues with performance would be reported to the helpdesk and then reported to the MoJ as part of the monthly reporting pack provided to Commercial staff. The MoJ has strict performance measures in place and we robustly monitor our providers’ performance. We will not hesitate to take the necessary action when suppliers fail to fulfil their contractual obligations.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 16/04/2018 13:00:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

835994

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Carillion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what financial deductions have been levied on Carillion by his Department in each month since January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	126349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Financial deductions are based upon supplier performance against a suite of key performance indicators. Where performance is below a minimum acceptable level a financial deduction is applied.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the financial deductions that have been levied against Carillion by month since January 2015:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Dec-15</p></td><td><p>£ 215,757.75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-16</p></td><td><p>£ 210,818.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>£ 462,534.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>£ 440,839.69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>£ 263,308.82</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>£ 245,084.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>£ 196,447.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>£ 232,639.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>£ 218,469.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>£ 186,749.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>£ 243,388.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>£ 260,593.85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>£ 210,637.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>£ 185,774.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>£ 174,378.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>£ 173,288.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>£ 136,830.52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/02/2018 15:58:18 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon