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971711

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date	11/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Solicitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) geographical distribution of practicing legal aid solicitors.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	173629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The reforms introduced under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 were intended to discourage unnecessary and adversarial litigation at public expense, to target legal aid at those who need it most, to make significant savings to the cost of the scheme, and to deliver better overall value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we spent £1.6 billion on legal aid – just over a fifth of the department’s budget - and we regularly monitor the provision of services to ensure this is adequate across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In the recent re-tender of the face-to-face contracts, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) received tenders from more than 1,700 organisations wishing to deliver face-to-face civil legal aid work.</p><p> </p><p>These organisations were required to verify their bids and at the present time over 1440 contracts have been awarded with more expected to be awarded, with a view to starting on the 1<sup>st</sup> October.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA will consider the outcome of the tender process once the verification process has been completed and will take any necessary action if there are any gaps in access to services.</p><p> </p><p>We are already working closely with partners in the legal system to review the changes we made to legal aid in 2012, to make sure they are delivering the efficiency and fairness we need. We greatly value the work of legal aid practitioners and will continue to engage with them during the review process and beyond on how best to ensure a sustainable legal aid service.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/10/2018 15:59:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

968153

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mentally Disordered Offenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the discussion paper, Criminal Liability: Insanity and Automatism, published by the Law Commission in July 2013, whether the Government has plans to reform the legislation on the defence of insanity.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	170806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has no current plans to reform the law of the defence of insanity.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

935105

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Shorthold Tenancies: Evictions
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 households evicted under section 21 of the Housing Act 1998 during the course of 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	161197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/07/2018 16:44:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

919203

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many immigration appeal cases the applicant had to represent themselves as a litigant in person in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	151211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The term “litigant in person” applies to appellants without a legal representative or a representative recognised by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner. In the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) any person may be permitted to act as a representative, including a friend, relative or litigation friend. The case management system cannot provide a breakdown between different types of representative.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 13/06/2018 16:08:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 63011 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

845669

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which external recruitment agencies are used by his Department's non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	128641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The following external recruitment agencies are used by the Ministry of Justice’s non-departmental public bodies.</p><p>Audeliss</p><p>Brook Street</p><p>Elizabeth Norman International</p><p>Excel Recruitment</p><p>GatenbySanderson</p><p>Havas People</p><p>Hays Recruitment</p><p>Hudson</p><p>La Fosse Associates</p><p>Michael Page</p><p>Morgan Hunt</p><p>Saxton Bampfylde</p><p>Sellick Partnership</p><p>SF Group</p><p>tmp.worldwide</p><p>Whitehall and Industry Group</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/02/2018 12:52:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens