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893031

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison and Probation Service: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total real terms change in his Department's expenditure on HM Prison and Probation Service was between (a) 2017-18 to 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 to 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139010 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

893033

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Youth Justice Board: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the real terms change in his Department's expenditure on the Youth Justice Board was between (a) 2017-18 and 2018-19 and (b) 2010-11 and 1018-19.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee grouped question UIN 139008 question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:29 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892189

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts and Tribunals: Closures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) courts and (b) tribunals have closed as a result of leases not being extended in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010, following consultation, 24 courts have closed and the leases of the buildings were not renewed or extended. Since 2015, 1 tribunal has closed and the lease of the building was not renewed or extended. In the case of tribunals, HM Courts and Tribunals Service does not hold information centrally for closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 04/05/2018 13:31:36 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892191

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time was for an employment tribunal appeal hearing to be listed in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service can only provide data for the period 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2017. Data below the level of published statistics are not available prior to 1 April 2014 due to a data reconciliation exercise.</p><p> </p><p>The average waiting time for an employment tribunal hearing to be listed during each year from 2014 is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Average waiting time of employment tribunal claims for a hearing in each year from 2014. </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>Average waiting time (in weeks) from receipt to first hearing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>April 14 - March 15</strong></p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>April 15 - March 16</strong></p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>April 16 - March 17</strong></p></td><td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>April 17 - December 17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Average listing rate (wks)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Average listing rate (wks)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Average listing rate (wks)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Average listing rate (wks)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Single Claims <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Claims <sup>1,2</sup></strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 Single claims are made by a sole employee/worker, relating to alleged breaches of employment rights.</p><p>2 Multiple claims are where two or more people bring proceedings arising out of the same facts, usually against a common employer. In this instance the lead multiple claim would be listed for hearing. This table provides the average listing time for both single and lead multiple claim cases.</p><p>A claim may contain one or more jurisdictional complaints (grounds for the claim). Depending upon the complexity of the jurisdiction this may influence the listing of such claims.</p><p>All data were taken from the Employment Tribunals Central database and as such is management information that is provisional and subject to change.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, and are the best data available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 04/05/2018 13:51:03 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

892291

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much legal aid was spent on advice relating to (a) housing benefits, (b) welfare benefits and (c) other benefits in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	138504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2018 answer text <p>Expenditure on advice and assistance at the ‘Legal Help’ level has been set out according to the type of state benefit involved. It is not possible to break information on civil representation in welfare benefits cases down in this manner and therefore the overall costs attributable to this category have instead been provided.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the time period this question spans, some benefits mentioned will have been discontinued, replaced or amended which will affect the amount of legal aid costs each incurred. Note that figures for civil representation include costs which were paid by the opponent rather than the Legal Aid Agency, and that all figures are inclusive of solicitor fees, barrister fees, expert fees and VAT.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid remains available in welfare benefits cases, to the extent set out in paragraphs 8 and 8A of Part 1, Schedule 1 of the LASPO Act 2012.</p><p>See attachment for figures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 04/05/2018 13:47:52 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee attachment 1 file name Civil Representation.pdf title Civil Representation
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890416

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of women serving prison sentences for non-violent crimes since 1 January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>At 31 March 201<ins class="ministerial">8</ins><del class="ministerial">7</del>, there were 2,271 sentenced females in the prison population for non-violent crimes (everything but violence against the person) and an additional 445 on remand. This information is publicly available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/offender-management-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), does not calculate separately the average cost of prisoners by any type of offence. However, HMPPS routinely publishes average costs per prisoner, costs per prison place and overall prison unit costs for each private and public sector prison in England and Wales, including all categories of the women’s estate. This information is produced on an annual basis and is published after the end of each financial year.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent published figures, for financial year 2016-17, can be accessed on the www.gov.uk website from the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/prison-performance-statistics-2016-to-2017</a>. Prison unit costs can be found within the Excel document <em>Costs per prison place and cost per prisoner by individual prison establishment</em> in the ‘Cost by Establishment’ tab.</p><p> </p><p>The courts have a range of sentences at their disposal including community sentences, suspended sentences, fines and custodial sentences. Custodial sentences are reserved for the most serious offences. Women diverted from custody and into community sentences, also have an associated cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:06:09 question first ministerially corrected 20/06/2018 12:47:35 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee previous answer version 55640 answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890418

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's female offender strategy.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to doing all we can to address the issues around female offending so we can better protect the public and deliver more effective rehabilitation.</p><p> </p><p>Considering how we can best address the needs of female offenders, to improve outcomes for them, their families and their communities, is a complex issue that we want to get right.</p><p> </p><p>We are working hard to develop the Female Offender Strategy and we will publish in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:04:07 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890425

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisoners: Childbirth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the procedure is for recording (a) births and (b) stillbirths in women's prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>It is a requirement for mothers (or fathers) to register births (and still births) within 42 days and prison staff will arrange for registrars to come into the establishment to do this where necessary.</p><p>While there is no requirement for prisons to keep a central record of women who give birth (or suffer a still birth) whilst in prison, the issues pertinent to prisoners, their management and care will be noted on their individual case record. This will include details of whether the woman is pregnant and the outcome of that pregnancy, should it occur whilst they are in custody.</p><p>We currently do not record the number of women who give birth in prisons centrally but consideration will be given on recording this information locally on prison systems.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:07:08 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890455

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Market Research
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 social research or communications and marketing research in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold the information requested on how much the Ministry of Justice has spent on social research since from 2010 to 2017 or on communications and marketing research from 2010-2013. Between April 2014 and March 2017, the department spent £0 on communications and marketing research. Between April 2017 and March 2018, the Department spent £44,160.</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:07:46 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

890457

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Agency Workers
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 27 March 2018 to Question 133123, what the average target rate set out in contracts agreed by his Department for agency work was in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	137621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>As stated in the previous PQ (133123) The rates that we pay for agency staff vary due to a range of factors including, but not limited to, location, number of hours, specialism, experience, etc.</p><p>Some contracts have rate cards which include “Target” and “Maximum” rates per day or per role.</p><p>Rates can vary due to length of services and application of Agency Worker Rights and other factors which can affect the rates paid such as type of engagement.</p><p>Average target day rate in 2017 for:</p><p>Capita - £305.57, Brook Street - £76.74, Hays - £81.94, Redsnapper &amp; Servoca - £138.65</p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 02/05/2018 16:49:18 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon