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93341

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Media: Privacy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department (a) has made or (b) plans to make any policy changes in response to the decisions in Weller vs. Associated News in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	210558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The case of <em>Weller v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 1163</em> was a civil action in relation to the tort of misuse of private information as it applies to children. As the case illustrates, it is already possible for a civil action to be brought to protect the privacy of children. The remedies available include damages for the breach of privacy and an injunction to prevent any further publication. The Government has no plans to change the law in this area.<strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/10/2014 14:55:55 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

93354

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Judges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served as district judges in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	210524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The table below provides details of the number of district judges who were in post over the last five financial years. The numbers provided include those sitting in different jurisdictions; Civil, Crime and Family.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>DJ's (Civil, Magistrates' Courts &amp; Principal Registry of the Family Division) serving in the last 5 years</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>In Post</p></td><td><p>Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 09/10</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>48*</p></td><td><p>*This figure includes all Masters, Registrars, Costs Judges and District Judges (PRFD).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 10/11</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>444</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>48*</p></td><td><p>*This figure includes all Masters, Registrars, Costs Judges and District Judges (PRFD).</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 11/12</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>447</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 12/13</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>446</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year 13/14</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (Civil)</p></td><td><p>438</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (PRFD)</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DJ (MC)</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 21/10/2014 11:37:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

92676

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Burges Salmon Solicitors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Answer of 19 January 2010 to Question 311921, what recent reports he has received about the progress of the Solicitors Regulation Authority investigation into Burges Salmon LLP.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	209890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The legal profession is independent of Government and is regulated by approved regulators for which the Legal Services Board (LSB) has oversight responsibility. Complaints about the professional misconduct of solicitors are a matter for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). As such, I cannot comment on individual cases. I am informed that the SRA concluded its investigations in this matter in 2010 and subsequently published its findings.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/10/2014 14:37:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

92689

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what average hourly rate is paid to (a) external solicitors and (b) Treasury Solicitor staff working on developing the residence test for legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	209963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Legal aid is a fundamental part of our justice system, but resources are not limitless. Legal aid is paid for by the taxpayer and at all times we must strive to ensure that public confidence is maintained in the system.</p><p>We believe that in principle, individuals should have a strong connection to the UK in order to benefit from the civil legal aid scheme. We have therefore proposed to introduce a residence test for civil legal aid requiring applicants to be lawfully resident in the UK, Crown Dependencies or British Overseas Territories at the time they apply for civil legal aid and have resided there lawfully for at least 12 continuous months in the past.</p><p>The civil legal aid residence test is part of the Legal Aid Transformation Programme, which consists of a number of work-streams.</p><p>In April 2014, the Department’s Legal Directorate was absorbed by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. There is no record of the hours spent by Treasury Solicitor staff in the Legal Directorate advising on the legal aid residence test policy. Treasury Solicitor staff in the Department’s Legal Directorate do not record the time spent on advising on developing the residence test for legal aid or charge the Department an hourly rate for work undertaken. The Department has not engaged any Treasury Solicitor staff on developing the policy on the residence test beyond those employed within the Department’s Legal Directorate.</p><p> </p><p>No external barristers (other than Treasury Counsel) or external solicitors were engaged by the Department on developing the residence test for legal aid. It is not possible to separate work carried out by Treasury Counsel on the development of the policy of the residence test as one work-stream from the wider programme or from the litigation relating to the policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 209964 209965 question first answered 20/10/2014 14:29:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

92691

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hours have been spent by (a) external solicitors, (b) external barristers, (c) Treasury Solicitor staff and (d) Treasury Counsel engaged by his Department for advice on the legal aid residence test policy.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	209964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Legal aid is a fundamental part of our justice system, but resources are not limitless. Legal aid is paid for by the taxpayer and at all times we must strive to ensure that public confidence is maintained in the system.</p><p>We believe that in principle, individuals should have a strong connection to the UK in order to benefit from the civil legal aid scheme. We have therefore proposed to introduce a residence test for civil legal aid requiring applicants to be lawfully resident in the UK, Crown Dependencies or British Overseas Territories at the time they apply for civil legal aid and have resided there lawfully for at least 12 continuous months in the past.</p><p>The civil legal aid residence test is part of the Legal Aid Transformation Programme, which consists of a number of work-streams.</p><p>In April 2014, the Department’s Legal Directorate was absorbed by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. There is no record of the hours spent by Treasury Solicitor staff in the Legal Directorate advising on the legal aid residence test policy. Treasury Solicitor staff in the Department’s Legal Directorate do not record the time spent on advising on developing the residence test for legal aid or charge the Department an hourly rate for work undertaken. The Department has not engaged any Treasury Solicitor staff on developing the policy on the residence test beyond those employed within the Department’s Legal Directorate.</p><p> </p><p>No external barristers (other than Treasury Counsel) or external solicitors were engaged by the Department on developing the residence test for legal aid. It is not possible to separate work carried out by Treasury Counsel on the development of the policy of the residence test as one work-stream from the wider programme or from the litigation relating to the policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 209963 209965 question first answered 20/10/2014 14:29:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

92692

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much in total has been paid to (a) each external solicitor, (b) each external barrister, (c) Treasury Solicitor staff and (d) Treasury Counsel engaged by his Department for advice on the policy development of the legal aid residence test.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	209965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Legal aid is a fundamental part of our justice system, but resources are not limitless. Legal aid is paid for by the taxpayer and at all times we must strive to ensure that public confidence is maintained in the system.</p><p>We believe that in principle, individuals should have a strong connection to the UK in order to benefit from the civil legal aid scheme. We have therefore proposed to introduce a residence test for civil legal aid requiring applicants to be lawfully resident in the UK, Crown Dependencies or British Overseas Territories at the time they apply for civil legal aid and have resided there lawfully for at least 12 continuous months in the past.</p><p>The civil legal aid residence test is part of the Legal Aid Transformation Programme, which consists of a number of work-streams.</p><p>In April 2014, the Department’s Legal Directorate was absorbed by the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. There is no record of the hours spent by Treasury Solicitor staff in the Legal Directorate advising on the legal aid residence test policy. Treasury Solicitor staff in the Department’s Legal Directorate do not record the time spent on advising on developing the residence test for legal aid or charge the Department an hourly rate for work undertaken. The Department has not engaged any Treasury Solicitor staff on developing the policy on the residence test beyond those employed within the Department’s Legal Directorate.</p><p> </p><p>No external barristers (other than Treasury Counsel) or external solicitors were engaged by the Department on developing the residence test for legal aid. It is not possible to separate work carried out by Treasury Counsel on the development of the policy of the residence test as one work-stream from the wider programme or from the litigation relating to the policy.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 209963 209964 question first answered 20/10/2014 14:29:41 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith

92729

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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 the processing times are for an appeal where an individual is contesting a personal independence payment decision from the start of the appeal to its conclusion.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	210019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support), administered by HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS), hears appeals against Department for Work and Pensions’ decisions on a range of benefits, including a person’s entitlement to Personal Independence Payment (PIP).</p><p>In the period 1 April 2014 to 30 June 2014 (the latest period for which data has been published) the average waiting time from receipt of a PIP appeal at the Tribunal to disposal was 14 weeks. This compares with an average processing time for all Social Security and Child Support appeals of 20 weeks in 2013/14.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/10/2014 14:47:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

92053

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officers in his Department received on the court reform programme.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	209520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Since March 2013, Ministers and Departmental officials have been engaging with a range of partners, stakeholders and external organisations to develop proposals for the HMCTS Reform programme. This has included regular meetings with other government departments and the senior judiciary.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2014 12:07:45 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

92055

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
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, whether the court reform programme has considered the case for improvement work at Sunderland Court.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	209521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service keeps its estate under review to ensure that it meets operational requirements. Any estate decisions, including new investment proposals, will be part of the wider considerations of HMCTS Reform and no decisions have been taken regarding the site in Sunderland.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 20/10/2014 14:10:58 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

92056

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what criteria his Department's court reform programme uses to determine the case for court rebuilding works; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	209522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service Reform will enable the delivery of an efficient and high performing courts and tribunals service that will meet the needs and expectations of 21st century court users.</p><p> </p><p>Investment decisions will be considered to ensure they offer long term value for money for taxpayers and provide services for court and tribunal users, in particular victims, witnesses and vulnerable users.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 15/10/2014 11:43:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson