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1143338

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Kirklevington Grange Prison: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings his Department has had with Kirklevington prison on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton South
	tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
	uin	284877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The department is working closely and meets regularly with HMPPS to consider the impacts on prisons of leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>Preparations include ensuring that our food and retail contracts have alternative arrangements in case of disruption through ports; working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that the supply of health products to prisoners is not disrupted; and co-operating with other government departments to prepare for other contingencies.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:41:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1143385

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate: Software
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019 to Question 278565 on Probate: Computer Software, at what point in the Probate application process is user feedback requested; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	284794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The 93% user satisfaction figure for the online probate service is obtained via an exit survey once an application has been submitted.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 13:41:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1143549

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Repossession Orders
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's publication, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics in England and Wales, April to June 2019 (provisional), published on 8 August 2019, which large mortgage provider has driven up the number of home repossessions to their highest level since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	uin	284958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The organisation was required to provide its details to enable the court to process its possession claims. It would be inappropriate to release such information where it would be likely to prejudice an organisation’s commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:52:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1143617

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Translation Services: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to each provider of translation services in each financial year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	285249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the amounts spent on an accruals basis, by HMCTS on suppliers of interpretation and translation services, on an accruals basis, for the financial years 2015-16 to 2018-19. This list is limited to suppliers with whom HMCTS has spent £25,000 or more in total over the last four years. The amount that HMCTS spent with a further 783 smaller suppliers have been aggregated together.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BOSTICO INTERNATIONAL LTD</p></td><td><p>6,294.58</p></td><td><p>17,767.20</p></td><td><p>49,605.63</p></td><td><p>35,982.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CAPITA TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES</p></td><td><p>6,563,283.65</p></td><td><p>4,270,630.76</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CLARION INTERPRETING LTD</p></td><td><p>35,907.17</p></td><td><p>349,568.23</p></td><td><p>300,307.47</p></td><td><p>394,394.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COMMUNICOURT LTD</p></td><td><p>9,306.73</p></td><td><p>44,376.98</p></td><td><p>57,174.99</p></td><td><p>21,708.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CYMEN CYFYNGEDIG</p></td><td><p>67,316.00</p></td><td><p>65,413.85</p></td><td><p>78,203.20</p></td><td><p>58,382.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FLEX LANGUAGE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>49.06</p></td><td><p>6,662.49</p></td><td><p>20,128.59</p></td><td><p>19,650.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLOBAL LANGUAGE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>2,217.78</p></td><td><p>24,683.79</p></td><td><p>10,290.89</p></td><td><p>31,216.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANGUAGE LINK PLUS LTD</p></td><td><p>6,562.39</p></td><td><p>4,482.45</p></td><td><p>9,181.68</p></td><td><p>32,905.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOMER TRANSLATIONS &amp; INTERPRETING LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33,539.00</p></td><td><p>130,663.10</p></td><td><p>(1,926.91)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20,938.97</p></td><td><p>83,925.25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>R LALLAH</p></td><td><p>16,885.90</p></td><td><p>7,018.50</p></td><td><p>1,474.50</p></td><td><p>411.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONE STOP LANGUAGE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>187,747.93</p></td><td><p>351,639.63</p></td><td><p>471,520.64</p></td><td><p>425,282.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TERPTREE LTD</p></td><td><p>16,332.00</p></td><td><p>13,304.00</p></td><td><p>30,696.00</p></td><td><p>34,788.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE LANGUAGE SHOP - LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>139,399.80</p></td><td><p>254,092.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEBIGWORD INTERPRETING SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4,130,721.96</p></td><td><p>9,683,913.69</p></td><td><p>8,565,658.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRANSLATE UK LTD</p></td><td><p>58,534.63</p></td><td><p>52,499.10</p></td><td><p>176,306.19</p></td><td><p>415,314.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRIANGLE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12,491.95</p></td><td><p>30,330.64</p></td><td><p>9,588.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS LTD</p></td><td><p>13,628.95</p></td><td><p>49,926.65</p></td><td><p>22,730.04</p></td><td><p>106,362.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK TRANSLATION SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>43,769.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WESSEX TRANSLATIONS LTD</p></td><td><p>4,820.85</p></td><td><p>2,285.23</p></td><td><p>17,470.33</p></td><td><p>26,843.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>783 other smaller suppliers</p></td><td><p>123,061.68</p></td><td><p>225,843.59</p></td><td><p>174,397.05</p></td><td><p>526,267.06</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:54:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1143944

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Departmental Expenditure Limits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Departments capital expenditure limit has been switched to resource expenditure limit in each year since 2015; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds East
	tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
	uin	285135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of the ministry’s capital funding which was switched to resource funding, as agreed with HM Treasury at the Supplementary Estimate in each year from 2015/16 to 2018/19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Capital DEL £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital DEL<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amount switched to Resource DEL</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% switched to Resource DEL<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1 </sup>Reflects capital DEL settlement (net of the CDEL switch and other movements) at the Supplementary Estimate in each year.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Shown as a percentage of the capital DEL settlement at the Supplementary Estimate in each year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:48:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1141459

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: Complaints
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 July 2019, Enforcement Update, HCWS 1776, what barriers in the current complaints system may deter people from making a complaint.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	281123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Justice Secretary’s Written Statement on bailiff reform, we will respond to the Call for Evidence and the Justice Select Committee’s report following further engagement with our stakeholders over the Summer. We will explore what barriers prevent people from making a complaint based on submissions to the Call for Evidence and meetings with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Our response will also consider the case for further regulation. County Court Bailiffs, who are employees of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), and Approved Enforcement Agencies who enforce criminal orders, were not within scope of the review of enforcement agents. We will liaise with trade unions if any proposals that may arise from our consideration of the responses from the Call for Evidence directly impact on Court staff.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS are in the process of procuring a new set of contracts for Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEA) to enable the collection of criminal orders. The tender went live on 1 July 2019. We anticipate awarding contracts in December 2019, with services to commence in May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 281124 281125 question first answered 03/09/2019 14:49:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1141463

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Written Statement of 22 July 2019 on Enforcement Update, HCWS 1776, whether he has plans to increase the regulation of enforcement agents before work performed by civilian enforcement officers is put out to tender.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	281124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Justice Secretary’s Written Statement on bailiff reform, we will respond to the Call for Evidence and the Justice Select Committee’s report following further engagement with our stakeholders over the Summer. We will explore what barriers prevent people from making a complaint based on submissions to the Call for Evidence and meetings with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Our response will also consider the case for further regulation. County Court Bailiffs, who are employees of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), and Approved Enforcement Agencies who enforce criminal orders, were not within scope of the review of enforcement agents. We will liaise with trade unions if any proposals that may arise from our consideration of the responses from the Call for Evidence directly impact on Court staff.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS are in the process of procuring a new set of contracts for Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEA) to enable the collection of criminal orders. The tender went live on 1 July 2019. We anticipate awarding contracts in December 2019, with services to commence in May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 281123 281125 question first answered 03/09/2019 14:49:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1141464

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Written Statement of 22 July 2019 on Enforcement Update, HCWS 1776, whether he plans to consult staff trades unions before strengthening the regulation of enforcement agents.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	281125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Justice Secretary’s Written Statement on bailiff reform, we will respond to the Call for Evidence and the Justice Select Committee’s report following further engagement with our stakeholders over the Summer. We will explore what barriers prevent people from making a complaint based on submissions to the Call for Evidence and meetings with our stakeholders.</p><p> </p><p>Our response will also consider the case for further regulation. County Court Bailiffs, who are employees of Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), and Approved Enforcement Agencies who enforce criminal orders, were not within scope of the review of enforcement agents. We will liaise with trade unions if any proposals that may arise from our consideration of the responses from the Call for Evidence directly impact on Court staff.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS are in the process of procuring a new set of contracts for Approved Enforcement Agencies (AEA) to enable the collection of criminal orders. The tender went live on 1 July 2019. We anticipate awarding contracts in December 2019, with services to commence in May 2020.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 281123 281124 question first answered 03/09/2019 14:49:39 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1141772

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Overtime
	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 the public purse of overtime for staff responding to IT problems in January 2019; and whether his Department has changed IT suppliers as a result of those problems.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	281689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The MoJ has considered the cost to the public purse for overtime for staff responding to the IT problems in January 2019, but we are discussing these costs with the IT providers and are unable to release the information until those discussions have concluded.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The IT supplier for MOJ (including HMCTS) has not been changed.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2019 15:20:51 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1142136

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
	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 contribution of the Leader of the House of Commons of 25 July 2019, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous driving.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	282465
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We are focused on getting the law right, to ensure the changes we make are comprehensive, proportionate and, crucially, practical.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs to life imprisonment, and create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving as soon as possible. These proposals will take account of other government proposals for safer roads.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2019 15:15:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock