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917247

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to improve access to justice.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	905595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has a responsibility to make sure that those in the greatest hardship and at the times of greatest need, can secure access to justice. This is a responsibility that we take very seriously.</p><p><br>Last year, we spent £1.6 billion on legal aid – over a fifth of the Ministry of Justice’s budget.</p><p><br>As we all know, legal aid is just one part of the access to justice landscape. Our £1bn court modernisation programme has already started transforming how people experience the justice system.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/06/2018 16:55:35 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

917248

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
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	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of rates of pay for criminal legal aid.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	905598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Those who undertake criminal legal aid work play an important role in our justice system. It is right that those who represent people, often at their most vulnerable, are paid appropriately for the work that they do and we continue to liaise with the legal profession on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/06/2018 17:00:47 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

917249

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of offenders participating in work in the community on reducing rates of reoffending.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	905599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Offenders leaving prison who find a job in the community are between 6 and 9 percentage points less likely to reoffend than those who do not.</p><p><br>Furthermore, community orders have a more positive impact on reoffending than short custodial sentences (3 percentage points lower over a one year follow-up period) and orders which include an unpaid work requirement are in line with this general trend.</p><p><br>All of the above findings were taken into account when created our employment and education strategy which was launched on 24 May. This strategy aims to ensure that as many offenders as possible get the chance to partake in work both in prison and in the community.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 05/06/2018 16:54:49 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

914709

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is his Department's policy that EU residents who are acting as carers and will have been living in the UK lawfully and continuously for five years by 29 March 2019 will be considered as workers and able to apply for settled-status.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	148588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>We agreed with the EU that the eligibility criteria for UK settled status will be the same as, or more favourable than, those set out in the Free Movement Directive for acquiring permanent residence.</p><p>As a matter of domestic policy, we have decided that the main requirement for eligibility under the settlement scheme will be continuous residence in the UK. Applicants will not need to demonstrate that they met the relevant requirements in the Free Movement Directive as to permitted activity.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 148589 question first answered 05/06/2018 17:43:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

914710

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it his policy that EU residents who have disabilities and (a) have not been able to work, (b) have not worked sufficiently or continuously and (c) who might never work due to their disabilities but who will have been living in the UK lawfully and continuously for five years by 29 March 2019 will be able to apply for settled status.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	148589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>We agreed with the EU that the eligibility criteria for UK settled status will be the same as, or more favourable than, those set out in the Free Movement Directive for acquiring permanent residence.</p><p>As a matter of domestic policy, we have decided that the main requirement for eligibility under the settlement scheme will be continuous residence in the UK. Applicants will not need to demonstrate that they met the relevant requirements in the Free Movement Directive as to permitted activity.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 148588 question first answered 05/06/2018 17:43:43 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

914819

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Draft Animal Welfare (Sentencing and Recognition of Sentience) Bill 2017 Consultation, published on 12 December 2017.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	148736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the reply given to the Honourable Member for Bristol East, on 27 March 2018 PQ UIN 133919.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 05/06/2018 14:17:20 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

914877

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress has been made on the settled status system for EU nationals after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	148788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>Work is well underway to develop the settled status scheme for EU citizens which we plan to open by the end of this year. Recruitment is underway to bring existing UKVI European casework staffing levels to around 1,500 ahead of the scheme launch and we are also establishing a new customer resolution centre.</p><p>We have been discussing the design of the new streamlined, user-friendly application process with stakeholders, including through our monthly user groups, and user testing has already begun.</p><p>We will be providing further detail on the scheme in due course.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/06/2018 17:41:39 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

914879

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to enable Commonwealth migrants to work in the UK after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	148790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>We are considering the options for our future immigration system very carefully and will outline further details in due course. We will control immigration so that we continue to attract the brightest and the best to work or study in the UK, but will manage the process properly so that our immigration system serves the national interest and works for all.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/06/2018 17:47:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

914932

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Enforcement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Members of Parliament and (b) staff working for Members of Parliament that communicated on immigration enforcement hotlines during 2017; and which political parties they belonged to.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	148604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The information is not readily available/held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/06/2018 17:34:33 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

914936

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Biometric Residence Permits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which company or Government facility prints biometric residence permits for his Department.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	148812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) personalise the Biometric Residence Permits on behalf of the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 05/06/2018 17:45:12 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty