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931411

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cannabis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) cautioned for cannabis possession offences in each police authority area in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	157684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of people prosecuted and cautioned for cannabis possession in each police authority area can be found in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 02/07/2018 16:45:16 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer attachment 1 file name PQ 157684 Tables.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

928678

registered interest
date	21/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for personal independence payments that were refused at mandatory consideration were subsequently overturned at tribunal in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) Merseyside in (i) 2016-17 and (ii) 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	156467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Latest figures indicate that since PIP was introduced, more than 3.1 million decisions have been made, and of these under 9% have been appealed and 4% have been overturned.</p><p> </p><p>The statistical record produced by the HM Courts &amp; Tribunal Service computer system records numbers of appeals according to the category of benefit awarded, or not awarded, and the type of issue in dispute, but it will not necessarily identify appeals made specifically because applications for benefit were “refused at mandatory reconsideration”. No such statistical category exists. When a person appeals a decision on a benefit award, that person must first undergo the mandatory reconsideration process of the initial decision with the DWP, before they can appeal to the Tribunal. But the fact that an appeal is made does not necessarily mean the appellant must have been <em>refused</em> at mandatory reconsideration. An award may be made at a rate of payment lower than the appellant had sought. For example, Personal Independence Payment can be awarded for daily living and/or mobility components, and those components can be paid at either the standard, or enhanced, rate.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the number and outcomes of Social Security and Child Support appeals is published on gov.uk. The most recent statistics, for the period January to March 2018, published on 14 June, can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018 which include overturn rates for venues in (a) St Helens North constituency and (b) Merseyside for that period.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/06/2018 16:22:48 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

927788

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insurance: Liability
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 on the implications for the public liability claims handling process of the non-disclosure by organisations of their public liability insurer.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	155727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has no any plans to carry out such an assessment. A prospective claimant may be able to obtain information about insurance cover held by a prospective defendant under the Third Parties (Rights against Insurers) Act 2010 if the defendant is insolvent or in other similar circumstances covered by that Act and under Part 31 of the Civil Procedure Rules, which permits the court to order the pre-action disclosure of documents in appropriate cases.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 15:24:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

927803

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	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 of 6 March 2018 from the Under-Secretary of State for Justice to the hon. Members for Houghton and Sunderland South and for Sunderland Central, what progress has been made on the future of the Sunderland court estate.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	155782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service has completed the assessment and information gathering activities which were outlined in the letter I wrote to the Honourable Member on 6 March 2018. As stated in the letter, the HMCTS Property Board is now considering options for the court estate in Sunderland. I will write to the Honourable Member shortly to provide further information regarding the outcome of the Property Board deliberations.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 15:27:43 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

927869

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Convictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted in each of the last 3 years of an offence against the person relating to separate incidents in a domestic setting involving (a) two people, (b) three people and (c) four people or more.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	155887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to identify this information from centrally held Ministry of Justice data. Details such as where offences took place or the number of people involved cannot be obtained without incurring disproportionate costs as individual court records would need to be manually searched.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/06/2018 13:00:28 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

927929

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) personal independence payments and (b) employment and support allowance appeals are heard on average each day at Tribunal in (i) Huddersfield, (ii) Bradford and (iii) Leeds; and how many people on average are added each day to a waiting list for an appeal hearing at each of those Tribunals.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	155862
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The information is not available, because the SSCS Generic Appeals Processing System (GAPS) cannot calculate the average rate per day. Venues may not be used daily, and a daily average would therefore be statistically unreliable. Furthermore, the relevant computer records are not run on a daily basis.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/06/2018 12:59:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

927938

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Policy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the main policy priority is for his Department for 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	155747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice published an updated Single Departmental Plan on 23 May 2018. This set out the department’s main policy objectives and how it will achieve them. Single Departmental Plans will be revised annually to reflect new priorities or changes in responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 28/06/2018 12:59:32 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

926909

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of reclassifying the offence of posting explicit or sexual images online without permission as a sex offence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	155217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The offence at Section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 2015 criminalises the disclosure of private sexual photographs or films without the consent of an individual who appears in them and with the intent to cause that individual distress.</p><p> </p><p>Such behaviour is a terrible abuse of trust which can leave victims feeling humiliated and degraded.</p><p> </p><p>I am glad to see people are being prosecuted under this new offence which carries a maximum sentence of two years behind bars.</p><p> </p><p>At the time the offence was brought in it was deliberately designed to strengthen existing law by targeting the malicious non-consensual sharing of private sexual images, a motive more akin to the offence of blackmail. This decision was taken after consultation with victims who strongly supported the focus on the malicious nature of this behaviour.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 15:41:57 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

926928

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration law legal aid providers held a legal aid contract to provide such work in January 2018 by (a) procurement area and (b) access point.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	155344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Procurement Area Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Access Point Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Offices</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and South-East England</p></td><td><p>Buckinghamshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and South-East England</p></td><td><p>Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth &amp; Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and South-East England</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and South-East England</p></td><td><p>Mid, South West and Coastal Kent</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and South-East England</p></td><td><p>Oxfordshire &amp; Berkshire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and South-East England</p></td><td><p>Surrey &amp; Sussex</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>Bedfordshire &amp; South Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire &amp; Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>City of Leicester</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>City of Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>Greater Nottingham, Derby &amp; South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands and East of England</p></td><td><p>South Staffordshire, Sandwell and Birmingham</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>County Durham East, Teesside, Tyne &amp; Wear and Gateshead</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>South Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West England</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West England</p></td><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West England</p></td><td><p>East &amp; West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West England</p></td><td><p>City of Bristol, Gloucestershire and North Somerset</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West England</p></td><td><p>City of Plymouth and Devon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and South East Wales</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>North East Wales</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 15:38:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

926960

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: ICT
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 6 June 2018 to Question 148950 on Courts: ICT, how many (a) victims and (b) witnesses the Government plans to consult with when undertaking its research into the effect of its digital courts reform programme on victims and witnesses.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	155347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2018 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has in place an established Victim and Witness Engagement Group which meets every six weeks and includes membership from organisations which directly represent the Victim and Witness community. The group’s main role is to collaborate with HMCTS to review aspects of proposed Court reform, ensuring that HMCTS both hears and integrates the voice of Victims and Witnesses within reformed services, promoting a service that is inclusive, user-focused, and which does not discriminate against the vulnerable or disadvantaged.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the HMCTS Reform Programme is developing plans for primary research with victims and witnesses. This will include qualitative research interviews - with appropriate safeguards - and will provide insight into victim and witness experience in order to inform the design of future services. Because this work is still being planned, HMCTS is not, at this stage, able to say how many victims and witnesses will be engaged, or to set out the cost of the research. HMCTS will also draw on existing published quantitative and qualitative research on victims and witnesses in its designing services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 155348 155349 question first answered 27/06/2018 16:37:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon