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516870

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have had employment tribunal fees waived or reduced in each year since the introduction of such fees.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>This information is published and available within the Ministry of Justice Official Tribunal Statistics and can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/05/2016 09:45:33 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516872

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals relating to (a) sexual discrimination and (b) each other matter have been brought against employers in each of the last five years; and how many such claims have been successful.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of tribunal claims relating to sexual discrimination and other matters brought against employers and the proportion of successful claims in each of the last five years can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 36208 question first answered 05/05/2016 09:51:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516874

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Post-mortems: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many post-mortems were performed in Birmingham in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	36202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Operational responsibility for coroner services, including allocating resources, is the responsibility of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect information about the time taken for coroner post mortem examinations, or the number of coroners’ authorisations for burial.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2015 in relation to deaths reported to coroners, including the number of post mortem examinations carried out in the Birmingham and Solihull coroner area, will be published shortly at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 36201 36203 36204 question first answered 05/05/2016 10:23:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

516877

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many deceased people were authorised for burial by coroners in Birmingham (a) within (i) 24, (ii) between 24 and 48 and (iii) 72 hours and (b) after more than (A) five and (B) seven days in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	36204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Operational responsibility for coroner services, including allocating resources, is the responsibility of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect information about the time taken for coroner post mortem examinations, or the number of coroners’ authorisations for burial.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2015 in relation to deaths reported to coroners, including the number of post mortem examinations carried out in the Birmingham and Solihull coroner area, will be published shortly at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 36201 36202 36203 question first answered 05/05/2016 10:23:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

516878

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Post-mortems
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken for a post-mortem was in (a) Birmingham and (b) England in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	36201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Operational responsibility for coroner services, including allocating resources, is the responsibility of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect information about the time taken for coroner post mortem examinations, or the number of coroners’ authorisations for burial.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2015 in relation to deaths reported to coroners, including the number of post mortem examinations carried out in the Birmingham and Solihull coroner area, will be published shortly at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 36202 36203 36204 question first answered 05/05/2016 10:23:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

516882

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of employment tribunal claims were successful in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	36208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Information on the number of tribunal claims relating to sexual discrimination and other matters brought against employers and the proportion of successful claims in each of the last five years can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics#employment-tribunal-and-employment-appeal-tribunal-statistics-gb</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara grouped question UIN 36164 question first answered 05/05/2016 09:51:50 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

516883

registered interest
date	29/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Coroners: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what resources his Department has allocated to Birmingham Coroner's Office in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	36203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Operational responsibility for coroner services, including allocating resources, is the responsibility of local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice does not collect information about the time taken for coroner post mortem examinations, or the number of coroners’ authorisations for burial.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2015 in relation to deaths reported to coroners, including the number of post mortem examinations carried out in the Birmingham and Solihull coroner area, will be published shortly at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/coroners-and-burials-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 36201 36202 36204 question first answered 05/05/2016 10:23:40 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

516338

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bronzefield Prison: Prisoners' Release
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to paragraph 4.53 of the report on an unannounced inspection of HM Prison and Young Offenders Institute Bronzefield by HM Inspector of Prisons, published in November 2015, what steps his Department is taking in response to the finding that people who were released from prison with nowhere to go had been given tents and sleeping bags by the prison and its chaplaincy.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	35940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>As part of our probation reforms we now provide unprecedented support for offenders to make sure all receive support on release, including those sentenced to less than 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>While we work extremely closely with each offender before and after release to give them the support they need to find accommodation, the responsibility for making sure there is housing available ultimately lies with the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>All prisoners meet regularly with their offender manager after release, and efforts are made to help find emergency accommodation where needed.</p><p> </p><p>All prisoners receive a resettlement plan, including help to find somewhere to live following release, and any specialist referrals required.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 35826 question first answered 05/05/2016 11:06:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

516343

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Offenders: Homelessness
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 reduce the number of people released from prison into homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	35826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>As part of our probation reforms we now provide unprecedented support for offenders to make sure all receive support on release, including those sentenced to less than 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>While we work extremely closely with each offender before and after release to give them the support they need to find accommodation, the responsibility for making sure there is housing available ultimately lies with the local authority.</p><p> </p><p>All prisoners meet regularly with their offender manager after release, and efforts are made to help find emergency accommodation where needed.</p><p> </p><p>All prisoners receive a resettlement plan, including help to find somewhere to live following release, and any specialist referrals required.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 35940 question first answered 05/05/2016 11:06:14 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

515694

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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, if he will make an assessment of potential steps to increase provision of (a) court time and (b) relevantly skilled members of the judiciary to ensure the timely management of legal proceedings on complex planning disputes.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Graham Evans
uin	35494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The Planning Court was established in 2014 and has greatly increased the speed in which planning cases are dealt with.</p><p>A dedicated cadre of lawyers and judiciary have been appointed to deal expediently with all significant planning cases.</p><p>The Criminal Courts and Justice Act 2015 introduced a permission stage in applications for statutory review, to remove unmeritorious statutory challenges to planning decisions as early as possible.</p><p>Current statistical data shows that the average time taken for a planning case to be dealt with in the Planning Court has reduced from 46.9 weeks in February 2014 to 25.9 weeks in March 2016.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 05/05/2016 09:38:16 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow