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1142980

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for personal independence payment appeals to be decided at HM Courts & Tribunals Service Ashford.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	284487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice expects appeal hearings to take place as quickly as possible and is carrying out a series of initiatives to increase capacity which will help reduce waiting times for appellants in Ashford. Since September 2018, three additional judges have been allocated to Ashford as their primary venue and three further judges have been allocated to Ashford as their secondary venue. Furthermore, from November this year the capacity at the Ashford venue will increase from three hearing rooms to four on a daily basis and from August 2019, appeals to be heard at the Ashford venue can now be heard at a new venue in Hastings, depending on the appellant’s postcode.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:50:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

1143156

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unsolicited Goods and Services: Vulnerable Adults
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that vulnerable people are protected from aggressive or unsolicited sales techniques in the legal services sector.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	284832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The direct regulation of the legal profession in England and Wales is independent of Government. Regulators in the legal services sector, such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board, have strict rules on how individuals and firms should deliver their services. Individuals should approach the relevant regulator directly if they have any specific concerns, and further details can be found on their respective websites.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:46:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1143338

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Kirklevington Grange Prison: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings his Department has had with Kirklevington prison on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	284877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The department is working closely and meets regularly with HMPPS to consider the impacts on prisons of leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>Preparations include ensuring that our food and retail contracts have alternative arrangements in case of disruption through ports; working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that the supply of health products to prisoners is not disrupted; and co-operating with other government departments to prepare for other contingencies.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:41:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1143385

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Software
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 17 July 2019 to Question 278565 on Probate: Computer Software, at what point in the Probate application process is user feedback requested; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	284794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The 93% user satisfaction figure for the online probate service is obtained via an exit survey once an application has been submitted.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 13:41:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1143549

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Repossession Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to her Department's publication, Mortgage and landlord possession statistics in England and Wales, April to June 2019 (provisional), published on 8 August 2019, which large mortgage provider has driven up the number of home repossessions to their highest level since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	284958
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The organisation was required to provide its details to enable the court to process its possession claims. It would be inappropriate to release such information where it would be likely to prejudice an organisation’s commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:52:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1143944

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Departmental Expenditure Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of his Departments capital expenditure limit has been switched to resource expenditure limit in each year since 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	285135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of the ministry’s capital funding which was switched to resource funding, as agreed with HM Treasury at the Supplementary Estimate in each year from 2015/16 to 2018/19.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Capital DEL £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital DEL<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>459</p></td><td><p>425</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amount switched to Resource DEL</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>235</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% switched to Resource DEL<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>1 </sup>Reflects capital DEL settlement (net of the CDEL switch and other movements) at the Supplementary Estimate in each year.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>Shown as a percentage of the capital DEL settlement at the Supplementary Estimate in each year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:48:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1142136

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral contribution of the Leader of the House of Commons of 25 July 2019, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous driving.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	282465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We are focused on getting the law right, to ensure the changes we make are comprehensive, proportionate and, crucially, practical.</p><p> </p><p>We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs to life imprisonment, and create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving as soon as possible. These proposals will take account of other government proposals for safer roads.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2019 15:15:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1142141

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
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 23 July 2019 to Question 277861, whether his Department has begun drafting legislative proposals to increase the maximum penalties for causing death by dangerous driving and careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs to life imprisonment and create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving; and whether he plans to publish those proposals by October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Ms Lisa Forbes
uin	282466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We will bring forward proposals for changes in the law as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2019 15:16:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4717 label Biography information for Ms Lisa Forbes

1142304

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department has collected on satisfaction with IT systems that are used by staff in the criminal justice system; and what research his Department has undertaken on staff user experience of the Common Platform Programme.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	282277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not regularly collect information on staff satisfaction with the IT systems that are currently used within the criminal justice system.</p><p> </p><p>The Common Platform programme is following a clearly defined process for gathering user requirements through phases of discovery, design, development, testing and ongoing iteration. Research into user experience is involved at each step of this process. In the last six months, research has been carried out at a number of courts across England, in addition to court observations, staff interviews, user experience testing and workshops with a wide variety of users across the criminal justice system, including the judiciary, Crown Prosecution Service, defence practitioners and probation services</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2019 15:11:03 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1142312

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Debt Collection: Regulation
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 response to the submissions received in his Department's Call for Evidence on the regulation of enforcement agents, which closed in February 2019.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	282564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Secretary of State for Justice’s Written Statement on bailiff reform made on 22 July, we will respond to the Call for Evidence following further engagement with stakeholders over the summer.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 03/09/2019 15:17:20 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock