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677593

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she intends to undertake further consultation on reforming the soft tissue injury (whiplash) claims process.
tabling member constituency	Neath
tabling member printed	Christina Rees
uin	61125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s consultation, <em>Reforming the Soft Tissue Injury (‘whiplash’) Claims Process – A Consultation on arrangements concerning personal injury claims in England and Wales</em>, began on 17 November 2016 and closed on 6 January. The Government has undertaken to publish its response to the consultation by 7 April.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald question first answered 26/01/2017 16:03:33 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4525 label Biography information for Christina Rees

674882

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is more than one housing legal aid provider in each legal aid procurement area in (a) England and (b) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	60511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) reviews the provision of housing advice across England and Wales each quarter with a view to ensuring sufficient capacity in each area. Tenders for legal aid contracts are run in regular cycles, as well as on an ad hoc basis should any accessibility issue be identified in the interim.</p><p>The constituency of Dwyfor Meirionydd is located within the LAA’s North West Wales Housing Procurement Area. Shelter Cymru have three contracted offices in this procurement area, from where they deliver Housing advice. The table below shows the number of provider offices which hold a legal aid contract for housing in each procurement area in Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Procurement Area (‘PA’)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Provider</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offices in PA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>DUNCAN LEWIS SOLICITORS LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>RIVERSIDE ADVICE LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>GOLDSTONES SOLICITORS LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>T. A. LAW</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Wales</p></td><td><p>ALLINGTON HUGHES LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taff &amp; Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>HARDING EVANS LLP</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 60512 60517 question first answered 26/01/2017 16:11:48 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

674883

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that there is more than one housing legal aid provider in each provider area in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	60512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) reviews the provision of housing advice across England and Wales each quarter with a view to ensuring sufficient capacity in each area. Tenders for legal aid contracts are run in regular cycles, as well as on an ad hoc basis should any accessibility issue be identified in the interim.</p><p>The constituency of Dwyfor Meirionydd is located within the LAA’s North West Wales Housing Procurement Area. Shelter Cymru have three contracted offices in this procurement area, from where they deliver Housing advice. The table below shows the number of provider offices which hold a legal aid contract for housing in each procurement area in Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Procurement Area (‘PA’)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Provider</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offices in PA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>DUNCAN LEWIS SOLICITORS LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>RIVERSIDE ADVICE LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>GOLDSTONES SOLICITORS LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>T. A. LAW</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Wales</p></td><td><p>ALLINGTON HUGHES LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taff &amp; Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>HARDING EVANS LLP</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 60511 60517 question first answered 26/01/2017 16:11:48 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

674885

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, who the housing legal and providers are in (a) the Dwyfor Meirionydd constituency and (b) each provider area in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	60517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) reviews the provision of housing advice across England and Wales each quarter with a view to ensuring sufficient capacity in each area. Tenders for legal aid contracts are run in regular cycles, as well as on an ad hoc basis should any accessibility issue be identified in the interim.</p><p>The constituency of Dwyfor Meirionydd is located within the LAA’s North West Wales Housing Procurement Area. Shelter Cymru have three contracted offices in this procurement area, from where they deliver Housing advice. The table below shows the number of provider offices which hold a legal aid contract for housing in each procurement area in Wales.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Procurement Area (‘PA’)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Provider</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offices in PA</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>DUNCAN LEWIS SOLICITORS LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>RIVERSIDE ADVICE LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgend, Cardiff and the Vale</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>GOLDSTONES SOLICITORS LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>T. A. LAW</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neath Port Talbot and Swansea</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Wales</p></td><td><p>ALLINGTON HUGHES LTD</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda Cynon Taff &amp; Merthyr Tydfil</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>HARDING EVANS LLP</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Wales</p></td><td><p>WELSH HOUSING AID LTD TA SHELTER CYMRU</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 60511 60512 question first answered 26/01/2017 16:11:49 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

674887

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations her Department has received on the adequacy of funding for community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) after 1 April 2017; and what recent estimate her Department has made of the level of future funding for CRCs.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	60501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>We are currently conducting a comprehensive review of the probation system to make sure it is reducing reoffending, cutting crime and preventing future victims. The review is currently considering whether any adjustments are required to performance mechanisms, payment mechanisms and Through the Gate services in the light of experience and learning gained over the first eighteen months of the reforms. In considering changes, the review team are having regard to the HMIP, PAC and NAO reports as well as representations by CRCs. We will set out our plans after the review concludes in the spring.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/01/2017 12:39:06 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

674895

registered interest
date	18/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Unmanned Air Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to support the prison service on reporting problems and sharing best practice on preventing the misuse of drones around prisons.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	60657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>We remain vigilant to all incidents involving drones and take the threat they pose to prison security very seriously. A range of methods to counter the threat posed by drones are being trialled and evaluated for their effectiveness across the prison estate. This includes the use of technology to detect and block drones, the enhancement of physical security and working with drone manufacturers.</p><p> </p><p>Officials in the National Offenders Management Service (NOMS) provide support to prisons on how to report drone related incidents alongside other key security incidents. A new reporting category for drones was introduced on the Incident Reporting System (IRS) in October 2016 to support clearer reporting. The introduction of a specific reporting category was accompanied by an educational piece on how prisons should report incidents and for what purpose in order to help inform the developing threat picture and advise the national response.</p><p> </p><p>Best practice is also shared regularly through security nudges direct to prison mailboxes, senior leader bulletins and frequent prison visits to promote practical support.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 26/01/2017 11:32:12 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

672268

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	thebigword
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have a target figure for cost savings for the provision of court interpreters under the contract with <i>thebigword</i>; and if so, what is it, and against what baseline it is measured.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL4606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry is committed to ensuring the justice system is supported by a range of quality language services that meet the needs of all those that require them.</p><p> </p><p>All our new language service contracts contain robust performance and charging provisions which are designed to ensure the value for money and affordability of the services provided by the department's suppliers. However, we have not felt it appropriate to set a target figure for cost savings for the provision of court interpreters, which is a demand-led service, given the importance we attach to the provision of such support to those who most need it.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/01/2017 14:22:30 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

672269

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	thebigword
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the contract with <i>thebigword</i> for court interpreters specifies any particular level or type of qualification which individual interpreters are expected to have.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL4607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry is committed to ensuring the justice system is supported by a range of high quality language services that meet the needs of all those that require them.</p><p> </p><p>Bookings are classified depending on their complexity level, namely: ‘standard’, ‘complex’ and ‘complex written’. These complexity levels were determined by each Commissioning Body.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that the contract sets out the minimum level of qualification and experience a language professional is required to have in order to work on each complexity level of booking. Details of these qualifications can be found at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/975cb99e-fec6-430f-8f31-fd532a907137" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/975cb99e-fec6-430f-8f31-fd532a907137</a></p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/01/2017 14:23:54 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

672270

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost, in the last quarter of 2016, of cancellations and adjournments of court hearings because no interpreter arrived, or because the interpreter arrived too late, or was an interpreter in the wrong language, or proved to be an inadequate interpreter; and how this cost compares with each quarter of the previous year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL4608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/01/2017 14:24:47 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins

672271

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Interpreters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the future supply chain of qualified court interpreters, in the light of the payment levels and cancellation policy established by the Ministry of Justice.
tabling member printed	Baroness Coussins
uin	HL4609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry is keen to maintain the quality and capacity of the future supply chain of qualified court interpreters, to make sure that the justice system continues to be supported by a range of high quality language services that meet the needs of all those that require them.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry has awarded a contract to 'The Language Shop' (part of the London Borough of Newham) to provide us with independent quality assurance of the translation and interpretation services. This contract also includes the requirement for The Language Shop to develop and administer a Language Professional Trainee Scheme with the primary objective of increasing the resource available to the other language service suppliers in pursuit of fulfilling Commissioning Body bookings.</p><p> </p><p>The Trainee Scheme will provide one or more clear, structured and flexible pathways for part qualified language professionals to become qualified within specified timescales. The Language Shop, and the other language service suppliers, are also required to jointly promote and encourage participation in the Scheme at the point of registration and through industry and academic networks and events.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 26/01/2017 14:26:00 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	3829 label Biography information for Baroness Coussins