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832916

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism: Hyde Park
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will examine the adequacy of the grounds for the refusal of legal aid to the victims of the Hyde Park bombing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	125232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Over thirty years later families and friends are still suffering from the horrific consequences of the Hyde Park bombings. I would like to express my deepest sympathies to those affected by this terrorist crime.</p><p>All individual case funding decisions are taken by the Legal Aid Agency. Ministers are prevented by law from intervening in this process. It is important that these decisions are, and are seen to be, free from political and Government influence.</p><p>This matter is currently ongoing, and as such it would be inappropriate for me to comment further at this time.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:17:36 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

832926

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the letter to the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South and the hon. Member for Sunderland Central from the former Minister of State for Courts and Justice on 11 December 2017, what the timetable is for the closure of the Sunderland Magistrates’ Court building.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	125242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service is improving its court and tribunal estate in Sunderland. Work is underway to accommodate tribunal, family and criminal work at the magistrates’ court building. There are no plans in place to close the Sunderland Magistrates’ Court building.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:12:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

832934

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to publish his Department's Green Paper on family justice.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	125250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>I am clear that we need to look across the entire family justice system to make sure it is delivering the best outcomes for children and families, and protecting its most vulnerable users. We are working to consider what further changes are needed and will bring forward any proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:18:18 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

833004

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Criminal Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases involved a victim of domestic abuse being cross-examined in court by the perpetrator in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	125320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold the data requested regarding victims of domestic abuse. We are committed to legislating to give family courts the power to prohibit the direct cross-examination of victims by their abusers as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:13:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

833006

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Trials
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of rape cases in which the complainant's sexual history was referenced by the defence in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	125322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We asked the CPS to analyse a sample of rape cases finalised in 2016 to assess the frequency and outcome of applications to introduce evidence of a complainant’s sexual history under s 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.</p><p> </p><p>A section 41 application was made by the defence in 13% of the 309 cases looked at. In 8% of the 309 cases, an application to permit such evidence was granted by the court.</p><p> </p><p>These are <strong>not</strong> official published statistics. For further details of this study, see our report published in December: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limiting-the-use-of-complainants-sexual-history-in-sexual-offence-cases</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:16:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

833043

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which organisations his Department plans to invite to submit evidence as part of the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	125359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Post-Implementation Review we will be inviting experts and interested parties to contribute analytical evidence on the effects of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.</p><p>I am keen that we listen to views and I am currently considering the most effective way to do so.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 125361 question first answered 01/02/2018 17:32:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833045

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to invite organisations to submit evidence as part of the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	125361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Post-Implementation Review we will be inviting experts and interested parties to contribute analytical evidence on the effects of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.</p><p>I am keen that we listen to views and I am currently considering the most effective way to do so.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 125359 question first answered 01/02/2018 17:32:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

833055

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 will be conducted.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	125371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The Post-Implementation Review shall focus on the major changes to the legislative framework for legal aid which were introduced as part of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 and subsequently.</p><p>As part of the review we will be reaching out to experts and interested parties in the relevant fields to inform the evidence gathering process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/02/2018 17:21:41 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

833107

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Aiding and Abetting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to review the use of joint enterprise and bring forward legislative proposals to clarify the law on joint enterprise as a result of the Resolution agreed by the House on Joint Enterprise on 25 January 2018, Official Report, columns 444-477.
tabling member constituency	Sutton Coldfield
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Mitchell
uin	125423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Joint Enterprise is a common law doctrine. The Supreme Court judgment in <em>R v Jogee</em> amended the law in this area, and did not call for Parliament to legislate.</p><p> </p><p>It is for our independent courts to interpret the law, as laid down by the Supreme Court. The Crown Prosecution Service has amended its guidance on secondary liability for prosecutors in line with the <em>Jogee</em> judgment, and has consulted on that guidance which aims to provide a clear direction for prosecutors in this area of law.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that any changes to the law on joint enterprise are currently needed, but will keep the matter under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/02/2018 17:13:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1211 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Mitchell