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1061316

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date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court cases were disrupted as a result of the recent IT failures in the courts system.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The recent disruption to IT systems intermittently affected HMCTS Court and Tribunal sites across England and Wales and the Scottish Tribunals. On 25 January 2019 connectivity had been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate. Due to the hard work and efforts of HMCTS staff the impact on cases and court and tribunals users was limited and only a very small proportion of cases suffered disruption. Hearings continued to progress in our courts, though we appreciate the extra burden placed on court users, and the issues did not lead to detaining defendants or freeing criminals unlawfully.</p><p> </p><p>We know how frustrating this was for our staff and users and again we apologise. All compensation claims are considered on their own merits, therefore it is not possible to confirm what compensation will be available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 221850 question first answered 22/02/2019 14:15:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1061317

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what compensation will be made available to (a) court users and (b) legal professionals as a result of the disruption caused by the recent IT failures in the courts system.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>The recent disruption to IT systems intermittently affected HMCTS Court and Tribunal sites across England and Wales and the Scottish Tribunals. On 25 January 2019 connectivity had been restored across the Ministry of Justice estate. Due to the hard work and efforts of HMCTS staff the impact on cases and court and tribunals users was limited and only a very small proportion of cases suffered disruption. Hearings continued to progress in our courts, though we appreciate the extra burden placed on court users, and the issues did not lead to detaining defendants or freeing criminals unlawfully.</p><p> </p><p>We know how frustrating this was for our staff and users and again we apologise. All compensation claims are considered on their own merits, therefore it is not possible to confirm what compensation will be available.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 221849 question first answered 22/02/2019 14:15:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1061319

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on floating and warned listing arrangements in criminal courts.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Listing is a judicial function administered by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) on judicial direction. Views on listing practices including the use of floating and warned lists are raised with Ministers and officials in the course of regular engagement with legal practitioners, their representative bodies, and representatives of public users of courts and tribunals. Most recently, floating and warned lists were raised in a meeting with legal practitioners, attended by the Senior Presiding Judge for England and Wales, which discussed court users’ experiences and the future administration of judicial listing decisions.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:16:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

1061321

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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, how many court buildings that have closed since 2010 have (a) been sold and (b) remain unsold; how much money has been raised by those sales; and what the cost to the public purse has been of maintaining unsold court premises.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	221854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>Of the court buildings that have closed since 2010, 158 have been sold and 15 remain unsold. HMCTS courts buildings are sold as quickly as possible while ensuring fair value for the taxpayer. A total of £231.7m has been raised from sales (<em>as at 31 December 2018)</em> Information regarding the cost to the public purse of maintaining unsold court premises could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The closure of any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation. We have been clear that courts are only being closed where they are underused, dilapidated or too close to one another.</p><p> </p><p>This government is investing over £1 billion to reform and modernise the justice system, providing easier and more efficient justice for all.</p><p> </p><p>As we increase the use of digital services, it makes sense to consider the wider role and need for court buildings and assess whether some are still necessary to provide effective access to justice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:19:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves