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1003576

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of support for the Civil Legal Advice housing and debt telephone service in order to ensure continued provision of specialist advice and assistance through contracted firms and that those firms are properly paid for the services they provide.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	189790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>An assessment of the Civil Legal Advice housing and debt telephone service will be made as part of the Post-Implementation Review of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which we intend to publish by the end of the year.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 16:59:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1003577

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of applying the so-called escape fee to the Civil Legal Advice scheme to ensure that advisers are paid above the fixed fees that apply where costs exceed the national fixed fee by a multiplier of three, in line with other parts of the Legal Aid system.
tabling member constituency	Gower
tabling member printed	Tonia Antoniazzi
uin	189791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There is already an escape fee built into the payment mechanism for the Civil Legal Advice (CLA) scheme. For Discrimination and Special Education Needs cases that fee is set by the service provider, submitted as part of their contract bid and for Family and Housing the LAA set that price at £46 per hour.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/11/2018 15:33:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4623 label Biography information for Tonia Antoniazzi

1003583

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Opinion: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the ability of sponsors to meet the costs of legal advice on completing refugee family reunion applications.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	189787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the private legal costs of individuals to assist with a refugee family reunion application.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/11/2018 17:27:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1003648

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bombings: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on helping families affected by the Birmingham pub bombings in securing legal aid for the upcoming inquest.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	189725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Legal aid for early legal advice and assistance is available, subject to means and a merits test. Funding for advocacy at inquests may also be available via the Exceptional Case Funding scheme, subject to means and legal criteria.</p><p> </p><p>In January last year, we changed the regulations around inquest funding, the effect of which meant the firm, KRW, representing the majority of the families seeking representation, could apply for funding in this case. Legal aid was provided to KRW, effective in the vast majority of those cases from February 2017.</p><p> </p><p>However, all firms seeking to undertake publicly-funded cases must be accredited. In this case, it was discovered that KRW had not obtained the accreditation, required as a condition of the firm being granted a legal aid contract. The firm’s contract was suspended until the accreditation was achieved.</p><p> </p><p>Accreditation was secured on the 7 December 2018 as a result the Contract suspension was lifted allowing KRW to once more receive public funding for the majority of the families.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/12/2018 14:38:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1003757

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
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 (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance appeal hearings in the last 12 months for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Information about the average waiting times of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) for (a) Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and (b) Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, 3.5 million decisions have been made up to June 2018, and of these 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at Tribunals. For ESA, 3.5m ESA (post Work Capability Assessment) decisions have been made between April 2014 and March 2018 and of these 8% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned at tribunals.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:00:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003758

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunal Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the number of claims made to the Employment Tribunal was by region in the 12 months to (a) 1 August 2013 and (b) 1 August 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	189753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested can be found in Annex C – Employment Tribunal Receipts Table within the published statistics and can be viewed using the following link.</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2018</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/11/2018 17:02:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1003863

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Drugs: Rehabilitation
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 Drug Rehabilitation Requirements granted by courts in (a) England and (b) Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	189771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The table below shows the number of Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) commenced under community orders and suspended sentence orders in England and Wales since 2013. There is no available data with a separation of figures for the two countries. <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of DRRs commenced </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p></td><td><p>13,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 </strong></p></td><td><p>12,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>11,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 </strong></p></td><td><p>9,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>8,719</p></td></tr></tbody></table>We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Public Health England to develop a protocol to support greater use of community sentences with treatment requirements (CSTRs) in courts, including DRRs. The CSTR protocol sets out what is expected from all relevant agencies to ensure improved access to treatment for offenders who need it. It focuses on reducing reoffending by addressing the health needs of offenders that may be contributing to their offending behaviour. The protocol is operating across five courts within England (as health is devolved in Wales). These sites are Milton Keynes, Northampton, Birmingham, Sefton and Plymouth.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/11/2018 17:29:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1003868

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cannabis: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Drug Rehabilitation Requirements granted in courts in (a) England and (b) Wales have had a condition for testing cannabis in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	189772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) ordered in courts include a condition for regular drug testing, however these are not specific to a drug. Therefore, the available data is for the number of such treatment requirements granted at courts.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of DRRs commenced under community orders and suspended sentence orders in England and Wales since 2013.</p><p> </p><p>There is no available data with a separation of figures for the two countries.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of DRRs commenced </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013 </strong></p></td><td><p>13,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014 </strong></p></td><td><p>12,951</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>11,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016 </strong></p></td><td><p>9,698</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017 </strong></p></td><td><p>8,719</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Public Health England to develop a protocol to support greater use of community sentences with treatment requirements (CSTRs) in courts, including DRRs.</p><p> </p><p>The CSTR protocol sets out what is expected from all relevant agencies to ensure improved access to treatment for offenders who need it. It focuses on reducing reoffending by addressing the health needs of offenders that may be contributing to their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The protocol is operating across five courts within England (as health is devolved in Wales). These sites are Milton Keynes, Northampton, Birmingham, Sefton and Plymouth.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/11/2018 17:28:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1003870

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cannabis: Rehabilitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Drug Rehabilitation Requirements granted by courts in England have a (a) weekly, and (b) monthly testing condition for cannabis.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	189773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Drug Rehabilitation Requirements (DRRs) ordered in courts include a condition for regular drug testing, however these are not specific to a drug and there is no available data with a breakdown of drug testing frequency.</p><p> </p><p>This information can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Public Health England to develop a protocol to support greater use of community sentences with treatment requirements (CSTRs) in courts, including DRRs.</p><p> </p><p>The CSTR protocol sets out what is expected from all relevant agencies to ensure improved access to treatment for offenders who need it. It focuses on reducing reoffending by addressing the health needs of offenders that may be contributing to their offending behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>The protocol is operating across five courts within England (as health is devolved in Wales). These sites are Milton Keynes, Northampton, Birmingham, Sefton and Plymouth.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 15/11/2018 17:30:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts