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1061104

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Finance
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 effect on the criminal justice system of reductions to his Departmental's budget.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>We are focused on ensuring that we continue to deliver justice in a modernised criminal justice system, and are delivering this through investment and effective management of the system.</p><p> </p><p>We are investing £1billion to provide a court system that is accessible to all, works better for everyone, and will ensure our courts are fit for the future. We also spent £1.6bn on legal aid last year alone, more than half of which was on criminal legal aid, and are now making changes to ensure it is available into the future and continues to play an important role in supporting access to justice. We are also working closely with the Attorney General’s Office and Home Office to ensure that all the agencies involved in the criminal justice system have a shared overview of the challenges, opportunities and reforms facing it and an effective forum for tackling these through the Criminal Justice Board.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/02/2019 14:25:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061105

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding of the criminal justice system in the forthcoming Government spending review.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>As we move towards the forthcoming Spending Review, the Secretary of State is considering closely the most important areas to focus on over the next 5 years to provide an effective and fair justice system, safe and decent prisons, and stable, effective probation services that protect the public and reduce reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>My officials and the Ministerial team are continuing to work closely with HM Treasury, the Cabinet Office and partners in other government departments to ensure we have an appropriate and sustainable funding strategy for the MoJ that enables us to deliver our desired outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to delivering an efficient and effective criminal justice system while playing our part in contributing to the government’s wider fiscal objectives. We will continue to work with my colleagues, including the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to deliver this.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/02/2019 17:44:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 103971 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061106

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Duty Solicitors
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 long-term viability of the criminal duty solicitor scheme in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case. The Legal Aid Agency monitors duty solicitor coverage on an ongoing basis and where issues are identified, takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also commenced a review of all criminal legal aid fee schemes, including the criminal duty solicitor fee scheme, which will report back by the end of Summer 2020.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/02/2019 16:49:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1061107

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Duty Solicitors: Carshalton and Wallington
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 long-term viability of the criminal duty solicitor scheme in Carshalton and Wallington constituency.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	221571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is clear that there are sufficient solicitors to undertake criminal legal aid-funded cases and will make sure this continues to be the case. The Legal Aid Agency monitors duty solicitor coverage on an ongoing basis and where issues are identified, takes action to ensure there is ongoing availability of criminal legal advice for the public.</p><p> </p><p>The LAA recently ran a consultation with criminal legal aid firms in the Borough of Sutton that includes the Carshalton and Wallington constituency. The consultation was run to ensure on-going duty solicitor provision in the Borough of Sutton in response to the decision by the Metropolitan Police that detainees that would have been taken to Sutton police station will now be taken to Bromley and Croydon police stations. As a result of the consultation, these detainees will continue to be served by duty solicitors on the Sutton Duty Scheme when they are taken to either Bromley or Croydon Police Station.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also commenced a review of all criminal legal aid fee schemes, including the criminal duty solicitor fee scheme, which will report back by the end of Summer 2020.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/02/2019 16:47:39 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

997247

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Jersey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the UK Government is including Jersey into its no-deal contingency planning.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	184841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Yes. Technical discussions to support the Crown Dependencies’ own contingency planning are taking place on a regular basis. Jersey’s Minister for External Relations, and the Chief Ministers of Guernsey and the Isle of Man, last month met with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State with responsibility for Contingency Planning at the Department for Exiting the European Union to discuss this work.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/11/2018 17:18:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964443

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total cost to the public purse of his Department’s work preparing for the UK to leave the EU has been since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Like all government departments, the UK’s departure from the European Union impacts upon most areas of departmental business within the Ministry of Justice. Given the close interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it is not possible to provide a precise figure on the total costs to the department, including additional staffing costs, of preparatory work for leaving the EU since 23 June 2016.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>- £412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>- £286m of additional funding for 2017-18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>- Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March 2018. (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor also set aside £1.5 billion of additional funding for EU Exit preparations in 2019-20. Departments will be invited to bid for 2019-20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 168918 168935 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:18:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964458

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of leaving the EU in accordance with (a) the proposals set out in the Government’s White Paper and (b) a no-deal scenario.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Like all government departments, the UK’s departure from the European Union impacts upon most areas of departmental business within the Ministry of Justice. Given the close interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it is not possible to provide a precise figure on the total costs to the department, including additional staffing costs, of preparatory work for leaving the EU since 23 June 2016.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>- £412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>- £286m of additional funding for 2017-18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>- Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March 2018. (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor also set aside £1.5 billion of additional funding for EU Exit preparations in 2019-20. Departments will be invited to bid for 2019-20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 168903 168935 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:18:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

964527

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	168935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Like all government departments, the UK’s departure from the European Union impacts upon most areas of departmental business within the Ministry of Justice. Given the close interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it is not possible to provide a precise figure on the total costs to the department, including additional staffing costs, of preparatory work for leaving the EU since 23 June 2016.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury has allocated over £2 billion of additional funding to departments and the Devolved Administrations for EU exit preparations so far. This breaks down as:</p><p> </p><p>- £412m of additional funding over the spending review period for the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for International Trade and the Foreign &amp; Commonwealth Office at Autumn Statement 2016.</p><p> </p><p>- £286m of additional funding for 2017-18 (a full breakdown of which can be found in Supplementary Estimates 2017-18).</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679738/PU2137_Supplementary_estimates_web.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p>- Over £1.5bn of additional funding for 2018-19. A full breakdown of which can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on the 13th March 2018. (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>)</p><p> </p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017, the Chancellor also set aside £1.5 billion of additional funding for EU Exit preparations in 2019-20. Departments will be invited to bid for 2019-20 EU Exit preparation funding later in the year. Details of timings and process will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 168903 168918 question first answered 11/09/2018 13:18:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

923266

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Tribunals
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 29 May 2018 to Question 146055, what proportion of people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 who have been referred automatically to a tribunal by a hospital manager or the Secretary of State received (a) absolute, (b) conditional or (c) deferred discharge in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	153165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2018 answer text <p>This information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/06/2018 09:11:53 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

909115

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients: Tribunals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 who request a tribunal have received (a) absolute, (b) conditional or (c) deferred discharge in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	146055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>This table below shows the number and proportion of people detained under the Mental Health Act who have been discharged in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Years<sub>1 </sub></p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Total Cases Closed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Disposals<sub>2</sub></p></td><td><p>Absolute Discharge</p></td><td><p>Delayed Discharge</p></td><td><p>Conditional Discharge</p></td><td><p>DCD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>29133</p></td><td><p>849 (2.9%)</p></td><td><p>299 (1.0%</p></td><td><p>290 (1.0%)</p></td><td><p>128(0.4%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>31592</p></td><td><p>1056 (3.3%)</p></td><td><p>341 (1.1%)</p></td><td><p>324 (1.0%)</p></td><td><p>123(0.4%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>31860</p></td><td><p>963 (3.0%)</p></td><td><p>362 (1.1%)</p></td><td><p>323 (1.0%)</p></td><td><p>109(0.3%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-2016</p></td><td><p>33233</p></td><td><p>907 (2.7%)</p></td><td><p>371 (1.1%)</p></td><td><p>400 (1.2%)</p></td><td><p>139(0.4%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>33618</p></td><td><p>844 (2.5%)</p></td><td><p>378 (1.1%)</p></td><td><p>374 (1.1%)</p></td><td><p>147(0.4%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 17- December 17<sup>p</sup></p></td><td><p>24669</p></td><td><p>676 (2.7%)</p></td><td><p>294 (1.2%)</p></td><td><p>259 ((1.0%</p></td><td><p>140(0.6%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ol><li>Financial Years April to March.</li></ol></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><sub>2</sub>. Total Cases closed excludes Invalids and Duplicates / Error</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>p= Provisional data DCD= deferred conditional discharge</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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 29/05/2018 16:26:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake