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432313

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which (a) magistrates and (b) crown courts in the North West and London ask for wage slips, P60s, certified accounts or letters confirming benefit entitlement when setting fines.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	17720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>Data on the number of instances when individual magistrates’ or the Crown Court make such directions is not collated by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/11/2015 16:27:34 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

432327

registered interest
date	25/11/2015
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, how much has been spent from the public purse on providing legal aid for asylum seekers who wish to pursue immigration appeals in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	17668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice cannot separately report on legal aid specifically awarded to asylum seekers. This information is not recorded, as it is not relevant to the administration of the legal aid scheme.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/11/2015 16:34:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

432025

registered interest
date	24/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what account he has taken of trends in reports of pregnancy discrimination as in his review into employment tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	17481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2015 answer text <p>On 11 June we announced the start of the post-implementation review of the introduction of fees in the Employment Tribunals. The review will consider, so far as is possible, the impact the fees have had on those with protected characteristics and the types of case they bring. In order to do this, we will be giving all relevant material the appropriate consideration.</p><p>The review is underway and will report in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 30/11/2015 16:39:11 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

432471

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the effect of the increase in the state pension age on women.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	902395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss matters of policy that span their responsibilities.</p><p>Reasonable mitigation for those worst affected by changes in State Pension age was introduced in 2011. A concession was made prior to the passing of the 2011 Act which reduced the delay that anyone would experience in claiming their State Pension, relative to the previous timetable, to 18 months. This concession was worth £1.1 billion in total.</p><p>This Government is committed to better outcomes for pensioners. However, the several billions of pounds that it would cost to make further policy changes in this area, that prolong the gender inequality in State Pension provision, cannot be justified.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/11/2015 16:29:47 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

432472

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Females: State Retirement Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with her ministerial colleagues on the effect of the increase in the state pension age on women.
tabling member constituency	North Tyneside
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	902391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss matters of policy that span their responsibilities.</p><p>Reasonable mitigation for those worst affected by changes in State Pension age was introduced in 2011. A concession was made prior to the passing of the 2011 Act which reduced the delay that anyone would experience in claiming their State Pension, relative to the previous timetable, to 18 months. This concession was worth £1.1 billion in total.</p><p>This Government is committed to better outcomes for pensioners. However, the several billions of pounds that it would cost to make further policy changes in this area, that prolong the gender inequality in State Pension provision, cannot be justified.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 26/11/2015 16:28:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

429419

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount award by employment tribunals to claimants for (a) non-payment of wages and (b) non-compliance with minimum wage legislation was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Information about the number of claims accepted by the Employment Tribunal relating to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, and those upheld, can be located under the National Minimum Wage and Unauthorised Deductions jurisdiction, found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>Information relating to the number of claimants who have been successful in fee remissions for issue and hearing fees is not recorded separately for the Employment Tribunal jurisdiction and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service only record information about awards relating to discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal. The information relating to awards to claimants in non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation is not recorded centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of claims received by the Employment Tribunal in relation to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, which were made by women in each of the last five financial years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Non-payment of wages<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Non-compliance with national minimum wage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>22,154</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>14,367</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>16,479</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,082</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>8,836</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Employment Tribunal Database</p><p>1 This count may also include claims where unauthorised deductions have been made, we are unable to separate these.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 17043 17044 17046 question first answered 24/11/2015 15:29:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

429420

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claims for (a) non-payment of wages and (b) non-compliance with minimum wage legislation were made by women in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Information about the number of claims accepted by the Employment Tribunal relating to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, and those upheld, can be located under the National Minimum Wage and Unauthorised Deductions jurisdiction, found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>Information relating to the number of claimants who have been successful in fee remissions for issue and hearing fees is not recorded separately for the Employment Tribunal jurisdiction and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service only record information about awards relating to discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal. The information relating to awards to claimants in non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation is not recorded centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of claims received by the Employment Tribunal in relation to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, which were made by women in each of the last five financial years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Non-payment of wages<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Non-compliance with national minimum wage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>22,154</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>14,367</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>16,479</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,082</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>8,836</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Employment Tribunal Database</p><p>1 This count may also include claims where unauthorised deductions have been made, we are unable to separate these.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 17043 17044 17045 question first answered 24/11/2015 15:29:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

429422

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many claims were taken to an employment tribunal for (a) non-payment of wages and (b) non-compliance with minimum wage legislation in each of the last five years; and how many such claims were upheld in each year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Information about the number of claims accepted by the Employment Tribunal relating to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, and those upheld, can be located under the National Minimum Wage and Unauthorised Deductions jurisdiction, found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>Information relating to the number of claimants who have been successful in fee remissions for issue and hearing fees is not recorded separately for the Employment Tribunal jurisdiction and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service only record information about awards relating to discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal. The information relating to awards to claimants in non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation is not recorded centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of claims received by the Employment Tribunal in relation to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, which were made by women in each of the last five financial years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Non-payment of wages<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Non-compliance with national minimum wage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>22,154</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>14,367</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>16,479</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,082</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>8,836</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Employment Tribunal Database</p><p>1 This count may also include claims where unauthorised deductions have been made, we are unable to separate these.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 17044 17045 17046 question first answered 24/11/2015 15:29:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

429423

registered interest
date	19/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of people who made an employment tribunal claim for (a) non-payment of wages and (b) non-compliance with minimum wage legislation in each quarter since October 2013 applied for (i) an issue fee remission and (ii) a hearing fee remission; and how many such applications were successful in each such quarter.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	17044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>Information about the number of claims accepted by the Employment Tribunal relating to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, and those upheld, can be located under the National Minimum Wage and Unauthorised Deductions jurisdiction, found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a></p><p>Information relating to the number of claimants who have been successful in fee remissions for issue and hearing fees is not recorded separately for the Employment Tribunal jurisdiction and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service only record information about awards relating to discrimination claims in the Employment Tribunal. The information relating to awards to claimants in non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation is not recorded centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of claims received by the Employment Tribunal in relation to non-payment of wages and non-compliance with minimum wage legislation, which were made by women in each of the last five financial years.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Non-payment of wages<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Non-compliance with national minimum wage</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>22,154</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>14,367</p></td><td><p>232</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>16,479</p></td><td><p>246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>9,082</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>8,836</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Employment Tribunal Database</p><p>1 This count may also include claims where unauthorised deductions have been made, we are unable to separate these.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 17043 17045 17046 question first answered 24/11/2015 15:29:08 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

427231

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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, if he will make an assessment of potential risks associated with vulnerable witnesses and defendants travelling by public transport when considering potential court closures as part of proposals on the future of the court and tribunal estate; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	15359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2015 answer text <p>To ensure that access to justice is maintained, we are committed to providing alternative ways for users to access our services. This includes the use of other civic buildings and extending video conferencing facilities. This will further reduce the need for vulnerable victims and witnesses to travel to attend court.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/11/2015 10:09:03 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell