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837589

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he plans to publish the outcome of the call for evidence on corporate liability for economic crime.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	126708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a call for evidence on corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017, to establish whether further reform of the law was necessary. The response will issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 126710 question first answered 08/02/2018 17:08:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

837591

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Business: Economic Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph (J) of the Government's Consultation Principles, updated in January 2016, for what reasons the results of the call for evidence on Corporate Liability for Economic Crime have not been published.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	126710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice carried out a call for evidence on corporate criminal liability for economic crime in 2017, to establish whether further reform of the law was necessary. The response will issue in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 126708 question first answered 08/02/2018 17:08:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

837691

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the court reform programme.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	903854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Justice has had a range of discussions with Cabinet colleagues about the work of this Department including the work of the courts. A number of Departments have a direct interest in the Court Service and he keeps his Cabinet colleagues updated on the progress of the court reform programme.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2018 17:09:54 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

834827

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of prosecutions for joint enterprise.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	126249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>Joint enterprise is a term which is used loosely to describe <strong>any</strong> offence which is committed by two or more people. The Ministry of Justice only collects information on how many defendants are prosecuted and convicted for each offence in any given year. Information is not collated on whether a prosecution or conviction relied on the law of joint enterprise. Such information may be held on court records, but could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/02/2018 14:17:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

834854

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the administrative costs of recovering money from offenders in court-ordered financial impositions for April to September (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	126276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The administrative costs of compliance and enforcement activity within HM Courts and Tribunals Service in the periods April to September 2016 and April to September 2017 were as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Costs </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016 (April to September)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017 (April to September)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£19,097,108</p></td><td><p>£18,424,709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non- staffing costs</p></td><td><p>£2,997,439</p></td><td><p>£3,313,036</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total costs</p></td><td><p>£22,094,547</p></td><td><p>£21,737,745</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>The figures provided represent the position at the end of September in each respective fiscal year. The staffing costs include permanent staff, Fixed Term Contract staff and Agency Staff. The Non-Staffing costs include Estate Costs (Utilities, Rent, Maintenance), IT, Telephony, and other running costs.</p><p>Cash collections increased over the 2 years in question from £381 million in 2015/16 to £441 million in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2018 17:07:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

834194

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications were made under S41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 for (a) sexual assault and (b) rape in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	125831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We asked the CPS to analyse a sample of rape cases finalised in 2016 to assess the frequency and outcome of applications to introduce evidence of a complainant’s sexual history under s 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.</p><p> </p><p>A section 41 application was made by the defence in 13% of the 309 sample cases looked at. In 8% of the 309 sample cases, an application to permit such evidence was granted by the court.</p><p> </p><p>These are not official published statistics. For further details of this study, see our report published in December: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/02/2018 14:15:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

834195

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria are for applications under S41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, in cases of rape.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	125832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The same criteria apply to proceedings in relation to all sexual offences. See page 5 of the report ‘Limiting the use of complainants’ sexual history in sexual offences cases’ available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 125833 question first answered 07/02/2018 14:16:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

834196

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the criteria are for applications under S41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, in cases of sexual assault.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	125833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The same criteria apply to proceedings in relation to all sexual offences. See page 5 of the report ‘Limiting the use of complainants’ sexual history in sexual offences cases’ available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 125832 question first answered 07/02/2018 14:16:30 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

834249

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the National Audit Office Report, Investigation into changes to Community Rehabilitation Company contracts, published in December 2017, what steps he is taking to ensure that projected payments to Community Rehabilitation Companies will not be allocated on executive pay.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	125878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>We changed Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) contracts in summer 2017 so that payments to providers are more reflective of the costs of delivering services to offenders. CRCs continue to be paid based on the activities they deliver to offenders and their performance in reducing reoffending. They have not received additional one-off payments as a result of these contract changes.</p><p> </p><p>We hold providers robustly to account for their performance. This includes monitoring their expenditure to ensure they prioritise actions to meet their obligations under the contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2018 17:14:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

834328

registered interest
date	31/01/2018
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, if his Department will release the criteria used by social security tribunals in determining whether to expedite the hearing of appeals against decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions on benefit entitlement.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	125948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The question of expedition is at the discretion of a judge who will make a case management decision on the issue taking into account all the circumstances known about the case. Such decisions may be revised on application and are subject to appeal if an error of law is made.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/02/2018 16:57:21 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick