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946803

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 12 July 2018, on Justice update, HCWS853, whether the reinstatement of legal aid will apply to children located outside of the UK whose cases may fall under (a) the Dublin regulation and (b) section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	167336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Children located outside of the UK who wish to challenge a decision by the UK government not to accept a request by another EU Member State to transfer their asylum claim to the UK under the Dublin Regulation can do so by means of judicial review, for which legal aid is already available.</p><p> </p><p>Under section 67, participating States refer eligible children to the UK to be relocated. There is no individual application process or right to relocation if a person meets the eligibility criteria. Therefore, there is no process for which the individual could require legal aid.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently consulting with stakeholders about the reinstatement of legal aid announced in the Written Statement of 12 July 2018, HCWS853, and more information about the policy will be laid out in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:12:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

946889

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of time that families of child claimants of disability living allowance have to wait between appealing a decision and their tribunal hearing date.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is in the process of recruiting extra fee-paid judicial office holders. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, which is the part of the tribunal system which deals with disability living allowance appeals, 226 new medical members have already been appointed and up to 125 disability-qualified members are currently being recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we are developing a new digital system to enable speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. These measures will increase capacity, helping to reduce waiting times for appellants.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:13:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946890

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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, what the average time is that families of child claimants of disability living allowance in Garston and Halewood constituency have to wait for a tribunal hearing when appealing the outcome of a mandatory reconsideration.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not categorise Disability Living Allowance appeals by the age of the appellant. This information is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946893

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claimants of personal independence payment have (a) applied to a tribunal to appeal the decision in their case, (b) had their appeal heard at tribunal and (c) been successful on appeal at the Tribunal in Garston and Halewood constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	167154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Information about the volumes and outcomes of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p>The information provided below is a further breakdown of these data.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Liverpool <sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Personal Independence Payment (PIP) <sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FYTD<sup> 3</sup></p></td><td><p>Receipts <sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>Total Cleared <sup>5</sup></p></td><td><p>Number cleared at hearing <sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p>Number Decision in Favour <sup>7</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>543</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>299</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>1789</p></td><td><p>1375</p></td><td><p>1232</p></td><td><p>707</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>3255</p></td><td><p>2464</p></td><td><p>2160</p></td><td><p>1366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-2018<sup>8</sup></p></td><td><p>3231</p></td><td><p>2622</p></td><td><p>2141</p></td><td><p>1435</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1. Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) data are normally registered to the venue nearest to the appellant’s home address. We cannot retrieve data based on the appellant’s actual address, but can produce reports detailing the numbers of cases that were dealt with at one of our Regional centres or heard at a specific venue. Appeals within the Garston and Halewood Constituency are heard in the Liverpool venue.</p><p>2. PIP (New Claim Appeals and Reassessments) which is replacing Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013. As such appeal volumes received by HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service in 2013-2014 are low.</p><p>3. By financial year - from April to March.</p><p>4. Number of receipts for PIP registered to the Liverpool venue.</p><p>5. The total number of appeals disposed of, inclusive of both those cleared at hearing and those cleared without the need of a tribunal hearing.</p><p>6. Total number of cases cleared at a tribunal hearing.</p><p>7. Number found in favour of the appellant.</p><p>8. Data April 17 to March 18 are provisional data and subject to change</p><p> </p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data that are available.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these under 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:08:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946945

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Discrimination: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure access to justice for people facing disability discrimination in (a) employment and (b) education.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	167347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a responsibility to make sure that those in the greatest hardship and at the times of greatest need, can secure access to justice. This is a responsibility that we take very seriously.</p><p>There are a number of avenues of dispute resolution available to individuals facing disability discrimination to try and resolve issues by agreement. These include the use of Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS), judicial or other mediation.</p><p>Those facing disability discrimination in an employment or education setting may also seek redress through the tribunal system. Our £1bn court modernisation programme has already started improving the experience of those who use and need our courts and tribunals, by introducing 21st Century technology, online services and digital working, while making sure justice remains accessible. These reformed services will transform how people experience the justice system, with digital services making justice more accessible and straightforward.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/09/2018 14:02:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

946946

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that legal aid solicitors have the capacity to meet the demand for their services in relation to complex asylum cases.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	167396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors capacity across legal aid contracts on a regular basis and takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of legal advice for the public. At a local level, engagement generally takes place through the LAA’s local contract management team, although wider strategic concerns can also be raised by the profession’s representative groups through the regular engagement meetings the LAA holds with those organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Legal Aid Agency requires that all providers who deliver legal aid to asylum seekers comply with the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme, with such work being overseen by an appointed supervisor of legal aid work for immigration and asylum cases at each firm.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:11:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

947049

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding from the public purse has been allocated on covering the legal costs of private prosecutors in the event that the private prosecution fails in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Prior to October 2014 Legal Aid Agency payment data did not separately identify private prosecution costs from other costs awarded from central funds. Data is available for the last three years for private prosecution costs, but these figures do not distinguish between costs awarded in successful and unsuccessful prosecutions. Total payments to private prosecutors were:</p><p> </p><p>2015-16 £4,263,000</p><p>2016-17 £1,821,000</p><p>2017-18 £3,674,000</p><p> </p><p>Central Funds policy is kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 167198 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:51:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947050

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last reviewed its policy of reimbursing private prosecutors' costs from the public purse in the event that the private prosecution fails.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Prior to October 2014 Legal Aid Agency payment data did not separately identify private prosecution costs from other costs awarded from central funds. Data is available for the last three years for private prosecution costs, but these figures do not distinguish between costs awarded in successful and unsuccessful prosecutions. Total payments to private prosecutors were:</p><p> </p><p>2015-16 £4,263,000</p><p>2016-17 £1,821,000</p><p>2017-18 £3,674,000</p><p> </p><p>Central Funds policy is kept under regular review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 167197 question first answered 10/09/2018 16:51:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

947051

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Private Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of private prosecutions initiated in the last five years were the result of law enforcement agencies having declined to take prosecutions forward.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	167199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>This data is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 07/09/2018 14:00:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

945547

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shoplifting: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been for thefts relating to self-service checkouts in the (a) Lancashire Constabulary, (b) Greater Manchester Police and (c) Merseyside Police areas in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	166454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify from centrally held data the number of defendants prosecuted for theft relating to self-service checkouts as these particular offences cannot be disaggregated from the broader offence of ‘theft from shops’. The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/07/2018 11:29:33 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick