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389897

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Wills
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 promote the making of wills; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	7090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>The law of succession is devolved in Northern Ireland. My Department promoted the making of wills in England and Wales as part of a public awareness raising campaign during March this year. <em>Choice Not Chance </em>used traditional and social media to highlight the benefits of making a will and the consequences of not doing so. The key messages and digital material continue to be used by stakeholders and we will continue to push the importance of making a will via our social media channels.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/07/2015 13:56:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

389912

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Mediation
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 reform regulation of the Civil Mediation Council and the wider mediation industry.
tabling member constituency	St Helens South and Whiston
tabling member printed	Marie Rimmer
uin	6940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We have no current plans to regulate the Civil Mediation Council or the wider mediation industry.</p><p> </p><p>My Department has not made any detailed assessment of the Civil Mediation Council’s policies and procedures or the CML’s verification processes to recognise registered mediation providers or CMC registered mediators.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 6941 question first answered 22/07/2015 09:39:42 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4457 label Biography information for Ms Marie Rimmer

389267

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Living Wage
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 10 July 2015 to Question 2952, if his will make it his policy to secure accredited Living Wage Employer status for his Department from the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	6667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 10 July 2015 to Question 2952 I can confirm that, in line with the Government’s commitment given in the budget, the Ministry of Justice will continue to ensure staff are paid at or above the National Living Wage of £7.20 per hour which will be introduced in April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>All civil servants within the Ministry of Justice and its agencies excluding the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) were paid above the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage on 1 August 2014.</p><p>As of 31 March 2015, after the Foundation increased the rate in November 2014, 283 staff out of 23,598 direct employees within the Ministry of Justice HQ, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, Office of the Public Guardian and Legal Aid Agency were paid below the current living wage.</p><p>As of 31 March 2015, there were 89 members of staff who currently earn below the living wage out of a total of 46,442 direct employees in NOMS (including the National Probation Service).</p><p>The Secretary of State would like all MoJ staff to be paid at least the current living wage. The department is working to implement this as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 21/07/2015 11:56:47 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

389271

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Missing Persons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to help families protect a missing person's financial and legal affairs.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Stuart Blair Donaldson
uin	6577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Such arrangements are a devolved matter in Scotland but I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for York Outer on 15 June 2015 regarding our proposals for England and Wales, which can be found at <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=4079&amp;uin=1400" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;member=4079&amp;uin=1400</a>. <br></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 21/07/2015 13:19:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4377 label Biography information for Stuart Blair Donaldson

389535

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights Act 1998: British Overseas Territories
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 potential effect on British Overseas Territories of the repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	6870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>We will consider the implications of our Human Rights reform on the British Overseas Territories as we develop our proposals, and we will fully consult on our proposals.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 20/07/2015 14:06:37 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

389072

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Missing Persons
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation enabling families of missing people to protect financial and legal affairs of such people.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	6543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>My Department’s assessment of our proposals for legislation enabling families of missing people to protect their financial and legal affairs is set out in the consultation paper <em>Guardianship of the Property and Affairs of Missing Persons </em>published on 27 August 2014 and the response paper published on 23 March 2015. We will bring forward legislation when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/07/2015 15:11:27 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

388971

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bill of Rights
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 launch the Government's consultation on introducing a British Bill of Rights.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	6476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government will consult fully on its proposals for a Bill of Rights during this session.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/07/2015 15:40:36 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

388973

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is responsible for signing-off pay levels at the Information Commissioner's Office; and whether his Department objected to payments made to senior executives in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	6356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The Information Commissioner is responsible for determining the pay and conditions of his staff and in doing so must comply with the principles of Managing Public Money and Civil Service Pay Guidance. The Information Commissioner has sought and has received the appropriate approvals from the Ministry of Justice and The Treasury.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 17/07/2015 13:47:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

388689

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which occasions the Supreme Court has declared an incompatibility between domestic legislation and the European Convention on Human Rights under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Court's inception; and what the Government's response was in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	6204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text Since its inception, the Supreme Court has confirmed two declarations of incompatibility under section 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998, both of which had been made previously by the Court of Appeal. These were in the cases of R (F and Thompson) v SSHD (2010) UKSC 17 and T &amp; Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department &amp; Anor [2014] UKSC 35.<p>In the first case, the incompatibility was remedied by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Remedial) Order 2012.</p><p> </p><p>In the second case, while the Government’s application to appeal to the Supreme Court was outstanding, changes were made to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and to the Police Act 1997 by secondary legislation in response to the Court of Appeal’s earlier judgment.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 13/07/2015 14:02:33 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

388695

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Press
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 7 July 2015 t Question 5246, to which periodicals and newspapers his Department's office at 102 Petty France, Westminster subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical and newspaper his Department at that address receives each day; and what the cost of subscribing to such newspapers and periodicals sent to this address was in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	6127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and collecting it would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 21/07/2015 16:55:29 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick