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date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials in his Department have been seconded away from their normal duties to work on the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what effect that secondment of staff has had on the effectiveness of his Department.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	256195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>Departments continually review workforce plans, reprioritise and assess changing needs, which includes identification and cessation of non-priority work where appropriate. We have accelerated our plans, and at the same time, the Civil Service as a whole is working to ensure that EU Exit Implementation is carried out to high quality without impacting public service delivery across the whole of government.</p><p> </p><p>39 Ministry of Justice staff were seconded to work in other departments from December 2018 as part of the no-deal preparations co-ordinated by Cabinet Office. 34 staff have since returned, with extensions agreed for the remaining 5 staff.</p><p> </p><p>Between January and April 2019, 62 Ministry of Justice staff volunteered to work in the MoJ Departmental Operations Centre (DOC) to assist with no deal preparations. These volunteers worked a small number of shifts in the DOC and were chosen from different teams across the department to minimise any disruption to business as usual work.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/05/2019 11:29:21 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1127551

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation Act 1902
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the provisions in the Cremation Act 1902; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	256272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 256273 256274 256275 question first answered 28/05/2019 16:11:13 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1127552

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation Act 1902
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of the Cremation Act (1902).
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	256273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 256272 256274 256275 question first answered 28/05/2019 16:11:13 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1127553

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crematoriums: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of whether crematoriums are being constructed (a) less than two hundred yards from a dwelling house, (b) within fifty yards of a public highway and (c) in the consecrated part of a local authority burial ground.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	256274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 256272 256273 256275 question first answered 28/05/2019 16:11:13 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1127554

registered interest
date	20/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crematoriums: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times Section 5 of the Cremation Act (1902) has been invoked to reject a planning application in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	256275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is defending an application for permission in judicial review by the owners of a proposed crematorium, challenging our decision not to appoint a medical referee to the crematorium while it remains in breach of the provisions of section 5 of the Cremation Act 1902. It would be inappropriate for Ministers to comment on issues relating to this matter during the course of litigation.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard grouped question UIN 256272 256273 256274 question first answered 28/05/2019 16:11:13 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1127309

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insurance Companies: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that greater numbers of insurance cases are resolved before they reach court proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The vast majority of claims against insurers in the civil justice system settle before court proceedings stage, as reflected in the statistics published by the Compensation Recovery Unit.</p><p> </p><p>Settlements are a matter for the parties to an individual dispute to reach agreement on, but the Government seeks to promote pre-court settlement – for example by the development of pre-action protocols.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of road traffic accident related personal injury claims under £5,000, the Government is introducing a new IT Platform, in April 2020, which will enable such claimants to communicate effectively with the at-fault insurer to efficiently progress and settle their claim during the pre-action stage without the need for court proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/05/2019 16:14:52 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone

1127310

registered interest
date	17/05/2019
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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish an ombudsman with legal powers to enforce decisions on third party personal injury claims before court proceedings are initiated.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Joseph Johnson
uin	255672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to bring forward such proposals.</p><p>It is for parties to personal injury claims to resolve their differences in the first instance, making use of pre-action protocols which put in place procedures designed to encourage earlier resolution of disputes.</p><p> </p><p>Currently there is a portal for lower value road traffic accident (RTA), public liability and employer liability claims which assists in achieving settlement of disputes. In addition, the Government is introducing a new IT Platform, in April 2020, which will enable RTA claimants to communicate effectively with the at-fault insurer to progress and settle their claim during the pre-action stage.</p><p> </p><p>Where disputes cannot be resolved by these means, the claimant has the option to pursue court proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 28/05/2019 16:19:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone