Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label attachment file name title
tabling member	label

Search

1624104

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Independence Payment: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Personal Independence Payment claims are awaiting a hearing attached to each of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) regional offices.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	182867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Information about appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>As at end of December 2022 (the latest period for which data are available), the number of Personal Independence Payment appeals awaiting a hearing for each of the SSCS Regional Processing Centres are shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Personal Independence Payment appeals1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Processing Centre</p></td><td><p>No. Ready to List</p></td><td><p>No. Listed for Hearing</p></td><td><p>Total Outstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>4,160</p></td><td><p>1,566</p></td><td><p>7,519</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>3,289</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>5,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>2,438</p></td><td><p>1,336</p></td><td><p>6,128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>2,675</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>2,283</p></td><td><p>1,530</p></td><td><p>5,151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>3,570</p></td><td><p>394</p></td><td><p>5,414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>2,062</p></td><td><p>959</p></td><td><p>4,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated 2</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>19,388</p></td><td><p>6,987</p></td><td><p>36,407</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>1. Personal Independence Payment (New Claim Appeals) which replaces Disability Living Allowance was introduced on 8 April 2013, also includes Personal Independence Clams (Reassessments)</em></p><p><em>2. Unallocated relates to appeals that have not yet been allocated to a Processing Centre.</em></p><p><em>Management information reflects the data held on the case management system, which is subject to change, and can differ from the quality-assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position.</em></p><p><em>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data have been extracted from large administrative data systems. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.</em></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2023 10:58:55 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1623693

registered interest
date	25/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Child Trust Fund: Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications to the Court of Protection by parents or guardians of children with learning disabilities hoping to access their Child Trust Fund were (a) made and (b) successful in the last year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	182574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>According to management information provided by the Court of Protection, it received 18 applications in 2022 where a Child Trust Fund was the sole asset, and all applications were successful.</p><p> </p><p>This does not include those cases where a Child Trust Fund may be one of several assets owned by the young person lacking capacity as it is not possible to identify these cases centrally.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2023 10:57:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1623357

registered interest
date	24/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Court of Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report entitled Mental capacity small payments scheme: Government response, published on 28 February 2023, whether his Department plans to publish its plan for improving the Court of Protection Property and Affairs order process.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Gary Streeter
uin	182214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>Whilst there are no plans to publish anything further on this, the ongoing improvements of the online property and affairs applications process at the Court of Protection are iterative and include ongoing development of the online applications process, user testing, reviewing and revising the court forms and supporting guidance and clearer information on Gov.UK. Forms required for paper applications are also under review and revision.</p><p> </p><p>Initial improvements were rolled out for all court users in February 2023, resulting in application waiting times being reduced from 24 weeks to 8 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2023 11:00:52 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

1613163

registered interest
date	21/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Metals: Theft
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many scrap metal operators were prosecuted for (a) not holding a licence and (b) paying cash for scrap metal in the last three years; and how many and what proportion of those prosecutions resulted in a conviction.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	182149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for offences under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (offence code 19534) within the last three years, in the following tool:</p><ul><li><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1135333/outcomes-by-offence-june-2022-revised-2.xlsx" target="_blank">Outcomes by Offence Data Tool: June 2022</a>.</li></ul><p>A breakdown of the prosecutions and convictions for (a) not holding a licence and (b) paying cash for scrap metal for year ending June 2020 to year ending June 2022, issued at all courts in England and Wales, has been provided in Table 1 on a principal offence basis.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 26/04/2023 09:32:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar attachment 1 file name 2023-04-26 PQ 182149 table.xlsx title Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 table
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1612986

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Victim Support Schemes
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 estimate of the cost to the public purse of a free and independent legal advocate to support victims of sexual violence and abuse for one year.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	181976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department is currently unable to make an estimate for costs in relation to a free and independent legal advocate to support victims as we are still considering the responses to a consultation that we undertook last year, which looked at ways to enhance legal support or advice for victims of rape or serious sexual assault regarding personal information requests.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2023 11:42:29 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1612987

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Advisory Services
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 estimate of the average cost to the public purse of appointing (a) an independent sexual violence adviser and (b) a domestic abuse adviser.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	181977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the average cost of appointing Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs). The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) collects information on the number of ISVA and IDVA posts funded by the Department through commissioning arrangements with local Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to recruit ISVAs and IDVAs. It does not hold information on posts funded through other sources of funding such as other government departments, local authorities or third sector organisations and bodies. As such, it is not possible to provide an estimate on the total number of ISVA and IDVA posts nationally and indeed the average cost to the public purse. Some ISVAs work in multiple courts, according to their area or case load, and therefore this cannot be broken down to individual courts.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has committed ringfenced funding to increase the number of ISVAs and IDVAs funded by the department by 300 to over 1000 by 2024/25 - a 43% increase on the number of ISVAs and IDVAs over this spending review period (2022/23 to 2024/25 inclusive). For 2022/23, we provided £34 million of ringfenced funding for ISVAs and IDVAs. PCCs are required to report bi-annually to MoJ as part of grant funding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 181978 question first answered 25/04/2023 16:00:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1612988

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Domestic Abuse and Sexual Offences: Advisory Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) independent sexual violence advisers and (b) domestic abuse advisers there are in each crown court location.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	181978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not centrally collate data on the average cost of appointing Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVAs) and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (IDVAs). The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) collects information on the number of ISVA and IDVA posts funded by the Department through commissioning arrangements with local Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to recruit ISVAs and IDVAs. It does not hold information on posts funded through other sources of funding such as other government departments, local authorities or third sector organisations and bodies. As such, it is not possible to provide an estimate on the total number of ISVA and IDVA posts nationally and indeed the average cost to the public purse. Some ISVAs work in multiple courts, according to their area or case load, and therefore this cannot be broken down to individual courts.</p><p> </p><p>The MoJ has committed ringfenced funding to increase the number of ISVAs and IDVAs funded by the department by 300 to over 1000 by 2024/25 - a 43% increase on the number of ISVAs and IDVAs over this spending review period (2022/23 to 2024/25 inclusive). For 2022/23, we provided £34 million of ringfenced funding for ISVAs and IDVAs. PCCs are required to report bi-annually to MoJ as part of grant funding arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 181977 question first answered 25/04/2023 16:00:01 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1612561

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Rape: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is he taking to increase the rate of prosecutions for rape cases in London.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	181851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>In June 2021, we published the End-to-End Rape Review Action Plan. The Action Plan set out an ambitious programme of work to drive improvements throughout the system and achieve better outcomes for victims, which will help to increase the rate of prosecutions for rape cases across the country.</p><p>We also set our public ambition to return the number of adult rape cases referred, charged, and reaching court by the end of this Parliament to 2016 levels. We are on track to reach our ambition for all three metrics.</p><p>To support improvements in London specifically, the London Metropolitan Police joined Operation Soteria, our flagship joint police and CPS programme which is working to transform the way that rape investigations are handled and progressed, in December 2021. We are also working with Snaresbrook Crown Court through our Specialist Sexual Violence Support project to improve the victim experience at the court stage. We have also provided £10.1m of ringfenced funding to MOPAC to commission sexual violence services to support victims at every stage of the criminal justice system.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2023 14:17:45 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1611690

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to section 240A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that time spent remanded on bail by offenders is not counted towards time served in cases in which a victim died as a result of the crime.
tabling member constituency	Battersea
tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
uin	181234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The decision to remand an individual in custody or to grant bail is solely a matter for the courts acting in accordance with the Bail Act 1976.</p><p>Time spent remanded on bail does not count towards time served unless, as a defendant, the offender was remanded on bail with an electronically monitored curfew of 9 hours or more per day. An electronically monitored curfew of 9 hours or over can result in a credit of half a day of custodial time. If compensation against time in custody is to be considered by the court following sentencing, they will need to be satisfied that the electronically monitored curfew was fully complied with on each day that is taken into account.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2023 11:44:19 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1611909

registered interest
date	18/04/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to bring forward measures to make a defendant’s refusal to appear in court for sentencing an aggravating factor judges can take into account.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	181452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government fully appreciates that an offender’s refusal to attend their sentencing hearing can cause anger and upset for victims and their families. We are looking carefully at how best to address this issue so that offenders face up to their actions and victims can see justice being served.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 25/04/2023 08:21:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild