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963984

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	Magistrates: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an assessment of the effect of the reduction in magistrates' training costs from £110 per magistrate in 2008-09 to £36 in 2015 on (a) the consistent application of law in magistrates court trials, (b) defendants, (c) victims and (d) the justice system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	169336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The training of magistrates is subject to the approval and supervision of the judiciary through the Judicial College. The Judicial College identifies the compulsory and essential minimum requirements for annual training plans, as well as any new or additional training needs. HM Courts and Tribunals Service (“HMCTS”) fund this training. It has been possible to reduce the cost of training magistrates, principally by discontinuing the use of external venues and delivering training at court centres. The content and quality of the training has not been compromised.</p><p> </p><p>Magistrates continue to play a vital role in ensuring access to justice, delivering local justice for communities, and upholding the principle of the rule of law.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 15:53:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

964012

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	Civil Proceedings
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 12 March 2018 to Question 130945 on civil proceedings, who holds the information referred to in that question.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	169609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held centrally as case information is not recorded by the categories in question.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 12:58:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

964013

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	Restraining Orders: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil restraining orders were (a) requested and (b) granted in Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	169610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information on civil restraining orders requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The information requested on civil restraining orders granted for both England and Wales can be found at -<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 169611 question first answered 11/09/2018 12:57:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

964014

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	Harassment: Court Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many civil restraining orders were (a) requested and (b) granted in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	169611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The information on civil restraining orders requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The information requested on civil restraining orders granted for both England and Wales can be found at -<a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/civil-restraint-orders--2</a></p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 169610 question first answered 11/09/2018 12:57:40 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

964065

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	Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland
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 24 July 2018 to Question 166155, to which budget headlines will the £825,000 of income for reinvestment in the Sunderland Magistrates’ court be allocated.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	169321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The implementation planning underway will determine what the £825,000 of income for investment in the Sunderland Magistrates’ Court will be spent on. The appropriate budget allocation for these funds will be determined at the conclusion of this planning.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/09/2018 15:34:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

964067

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	HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Security Guards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the HM Courts and Tribunals Service employ security personnel to assist with the processing of tribunal cases.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	169517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Security personnel are not employed to assist with the administrative processing of tribunal cases; this is undertaken by dedicated administrative staff.</p><p> </p><p>Contracted security personnel are, however, deployed to ensure the security and safety of all persons who work in and attend tribunal premises, and undertake specific duties including searching the public on entry and responding to security incidents. They are not involved in any administrative process outside of those duties.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 13:09:58 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

964068

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	Magistrates' Courts: Sunderland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department plans to spend on upgrading Sunderland Magistrates Court.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	169322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>HMCTS is committed to investing in the court estate in the city of Sunderland and will spend over £5m during the next ten years on upgrading and maintaining the current magistrates’ court.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/09/2018 15:31:46 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

964191

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	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 benefits claimants have taken their case to tribunal in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost has been of such tribunals in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	168980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>Details on the number of benefit claimants are contained in the published statistics in the link below: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognitions-certificates-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2018</a>. The total cost of the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) Tribunal (including overheads) for the last 10 years are detailed in the table below: <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Gross Expenditure (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>66,917,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>81,761,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>90,897,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>99,042,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>115,320,334</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>140,039,605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>87,357,366</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>92,554,070</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>105,776,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>121,482,762</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/09/2018 16:32:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

964192

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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has received representations from tribunals on the caseload increase from benefits appeals.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	168981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) regularly discusses measures to increase the capacity and performance of the Tribunal with the Judiciary and other interested parties. In order to respond to a general increase in appeal receipts, HMCTS has been working with the Tribunal’s judiciary both to appoint additional judges and panel members, and to take forward initiatives with the potential to increase the capacity and performance of the Tribunal.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 06/09/2018 16:49:55 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

964240

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	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what statistics his Department collects on the time taken for a tribunal judge to produce a statement of reasons following a benefits tribunal decision; and what representations his Department has received from (a) organisations and (b) individuals on the length of time taken to produce those statements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	168982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) collects data on the number of statement requests recorded as having been with a Judge for over 28 days; the average age of those statements; the age of the oldest one; and the percentage of statements requested in relation to the number of cases cleared.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS has received correspondence from the Department for Work and Pensions, and from Members of Parliament relating to statement of reasons requests. The production of statements is a judicial function. The Tribunal’s Procedure Rules require the statement of reasons to be provided within one month of the request or as soon as practicable thereafter.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/09/2018 15:47:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff