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862084

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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, how many people won an appeal against the withdrawal of their (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payment at a tribunal in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	132503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on how many people won an appeal against the withdrawal of their (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payment at a tribunal in 2017 is not held centrally.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) collects data on various types of issue that may be disputed in an appeal before the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS). These include entitlement to, or rate of payment of, a particular benefit. However, the issue specified in Question 130495 (and 132503) - “withdrawal” of disability living allowance or personal independence payment - is not included in the list of categories recorded. HMCTS does not, therefore, hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the SSCS tribunal is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p>The latest statistics, for the period October to December 2017, published on 8 March, can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 132510 question first answered 22/03/2018 14:56:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

862087

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
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 16 November 2017 to Question 112641 on Ministry of Justice: Finance, what the projected change of his Department's budget for legal aid in real terms is in each year to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	132506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency’s 2010/11 to 2016/2017 budgeting measure of Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit in real terms is publicly available: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-july-to-september-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-july-to-september-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental level funding from HM Treasury up until 2019/20 was reported at the Spending Review, 2015, and subsequently updated at the Autumn Statement, 2016. Future years’ budget allocations within the department have not yet been confirmed and therefore it is not currently possible to provide a breakdown of this funding by business area. Legal aid is demand-led and the conditions for its availability are laid down in legislation, meaning the amount of the department’s budget allocated will depend upon that level of demand. MoJ will shortly be laying its Main Estimate in Parliament, which will provide further detail on our financial plans for the year 2018-19.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/03/2018 16:31:07 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

862090

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Public Expenditure
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 16 November 2017 to Question Ministry of Justice: Finance, what the projected change of his Department's budget for courts in real terms is in each year to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	132509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice’s funding from HM Treasury was reported at Spending Review 2015 to fall by 15% between 2015-16 and 2019-20. Taking into account additional resource funding agreed at the Autumn Statement 2016 for prison safety and wider reform, MoJ’s funding in real terms will reduce by 11% between 2015-16 and 2019-20. Future years’ budget allocations have not yet been confirmed and therefore it is not currently possible to provide a breakdown of this reduction by business area. MoJ will shortly be laying its Main Estimate in Parliament, which will provide further detail on our financial plans for the year 2018-19. The table below shows the annual change in HMCTS’s funding from HM Treasury in real terms to 2017/18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Resource DEL *</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,719,132</p></td><td><p>1,790,530</p></td><td><p>1,657,612</p></td><td><p>1,632,875</p></td><td><p>1,602,559</p></td><td><p>1,502,960</p></td><td><p>1,580,424</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Resource DEL (restated in 2017/18 prices)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1,919,338</p></td><td><p>1,927,262</p></td><td><p>1,742,376</p></td><td><p>1,681,483</p></td><td><p>1,631,502</p></td><td><p>1,523,249</p></td><td><p>1,580,424</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Annual real terms increase/(decrease)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>-9.6%</p></td><td><p>-3.5%</p></td><td><p>-3.0%</p></td><td><p>-6.6%</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>*2010/11 numbers excluded as HMCTS in its current form was only created when the Courts Service (HMCS) and Tribunal Service (HMTS) merged in 2011/12</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/03/2018 16:33:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

862091

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
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 9 March 2018 to Question 130495 on Disability Living Allowance: Appeals, for what reason data on the number of people who win an appeal against the withdrawal of their disability living allowance is not centrally held.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	132510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Information on how many people won an appeal against the withdrawal of their (a) disability living allowance and (b) personal independence payment at a tribunal in 2017 is not held centrally.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) collects data on various types of issue that may be disputed in an appeal before the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS). These include entitlement to, or rate of payment of, a particular benefit. However, the issue specified in Question 130495 (and 132503) - “withdrawal” of disability living allowance or personal independence payment - is not included in the list of categories recorded. HMCTS does not, therefore, hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the SSCS tribunal is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p>The latest statistics, for the period October to December 2017, published on 8 March, can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 132503 question first answered 22/03/2018 14:56:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

858595

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has spent on staffing costs for staff responsible for enforcement of orders for confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	131850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the total cost of HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff dedicated to the enforcement of confiscation orders. This includes the enforcement of all confiscation orders, not just those made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.</p><p> </p><p>Staff involved in confiscation order enforcement undertake a range of duties to ensure orders are properly managed and enforced. The figures provided below relate solely to HM Courts and Tribunals Service costs and do not include enforcement costs of other agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided below covers the period from 2013 to 2017. Unfortunately, due to a change in the financial system used it is not possible to provide the data prior to this period as there are no comparable figures available from the archived financial data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1,224,853</p></td><td><p>£1,289,278</p></td><td><p>£1,352,222</p></td><td><p>£1,326,514</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131851 question first answered 19/03/2018 15:05:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

858596

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Confiscation Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding his Department has spent on staffing costs for staff responsible for the coordination and management of orders for confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	131851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the total cost of HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff dedicated to the enforcement of confiscation orders. This includes the enforcement of all confiscation orders, not just those made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.</p><p> </p><p>Staff involved in confiscation order enforcement undertake a range of duties to ensure orders are properly managed and enforced. The figures provided below relate solely to HM Courts and Tribunals Service costs and do not include enforcement costs of other agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The figures provided below covers the period from 2013 to 2017. Unfortunately, due to a change in the financial system used it is not possible to provide the data prior to this period as there are no comparable figures available from the archived financial data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£1,224,853</p></td><td><p>£1,289,278</p></td><td><p>£1,352,222</p></td><td><p>£1,326,514</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 131850 question first answered 19/03/2018 15:05:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

856056

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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, which courts closed since 2010 have yet to be sold; and what the annual maintenance costs have been of each of those court premises.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	131222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Of the courts that have closed since 2010, the following have yet to be sold or disposed of:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Maintenance Costs* </strong> <strong>(financial year)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Court</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Closure Date </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Disposal Progress***</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17/18**</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16/17</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15/16</strong> <strong>(£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>October 2013</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>4,866</p></td><td><p>6,007</p></td><td><p>1,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>5,824</p></td><td><p>5,963</p></td><td><p>575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham Youth Court</p></td><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>Pre-marketing</p></td><td><p>2,128</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>22,028</p></td><td><p>869</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brecon Law Court</p></td><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>6,707</p></td><td><p>2,697</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>May 2016</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>7,399</p></td><td><p>12,189</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>Transfer to Homes England</p></td><td><p>4,960</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Parade - Sheffield Tribunal</p></td><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>Pre-Marketing</p></td><td><p>5,838</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keighley (Bingley) Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>December 2011</p></td><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>3,176</p></td><td><p>10,332</p></td><td><p>3,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates’</p></td><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>Pre-Marketing/Contractual Issues</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>42,381</p></td><td><p>26,101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llangefni County Court</p></td><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>3,501</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>April 2011</p></td><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>3,924</p></td><td><p>2,673</p></td><td><p>556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oswestry Magistrates’/County Court</p></td><td><p>April 2013</p></td><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>2,974</p></td><td><p>3,235</p></td><td><p>1,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>Pre-Marketing</p></td><td><p>10,398</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton Combined Court - Barrack Block</p></td><td><p>June 2016</p></td><td><p>Marketing</p></td><td><p>13,768</p></td><td><p>6,099</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford County Court</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>Transfer to Homes England</p></td><td><p>11,378</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torquay Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>Marketing</p></td><td><p>5,583</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford Magistrates’ Court</p></td><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>In solicitors’ hands</p></td><td><p>8,833</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Maintenance costs include planned and emergency works on court sites that includes works to repair or preserve the fabric of the building as well as utilities, fixtures and fittings.</p><p>** figures provided are up to 28 February 2018</p><p>*** Summary of disposal status:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Description</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exchanged</p></td><td><p>Contracts have been exchanged between the buyer and seller, this is the stage before completion.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under Offer</p></td><td><p>An offer from a potential purchaser has been received and is under consideration.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marketing</p></td><td><p>The property is being advertised to potential buyers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pre-marketing</p></td><td><p>This phase includes investigations to support strategic decisions made on the portfolio and or future value maximisation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>In solicitors’ hands</p></td><td><p>Conveyancing is underway and contracts are being negotiated with the preferred party.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Transfer</p></td><td><p>The property has been or is due to be transferred to Homes England (formerly the Homes and Communities Agency) or the Education Funding Agency</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The information requested relating to annual maintenance costs for period prior to the 2015/16 financial year could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 24/04/2018 17:02:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851066

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal aid matter starts there were in each matter start category in each constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency’s data is not broken down by constituency, and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>A geographic breakdown of completed legal aid work, including legal help matter completions (claims), by region and local authority area based on the location of providers’ offices, is available in the National Statistics on legal aid in England and Wales, published by the Ministry of Justice at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2017</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/03/2018 17:23:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851071

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims for compensation were rejected by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in each year since 2010-11; and for what reasons each of those claims was rejected.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) publishes data about the number of claims rejected and the reasons why claims are rejected in its annual reports at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=criminal-injuries-compensation-authority&amp;publication_type=corporate-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>The figures published in the annual reports show the number of times each rejection reason was used. For some applications there may have been more than one reason for rejection. This means that the total number of reasons for rejection is higher than the actual number of claims refused. The total number of rejected claims for the years specified is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rejected cases</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>27,134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>25,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>24,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>23,803</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>20,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>15,243</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>12,411</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/03/2018 17:55:17 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

851074

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Injuries Compensation: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for compensation rejected by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority were referred to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel in each year since 2010; and how many such applications were successful.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	130258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. This is because appeals against decisions of CICA to the First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation) are not limited to applications that CICA has rejected. To answer the question would require a manual check of all appeals. However, information on the number of applications that proceed to the appeal stage and the number of those that are overturned can be found in CICA’s annual reports.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/03/2018 17:56:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon