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1142738

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275723 on translation services, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in expenditure between the 2015-16 and 2016-17 financial years.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	284295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>Spend on language services increased in October 2016 as a result of an intentional move by the Ministry of Justice to increase the quality of the services. A new set of contracts commenced in 2016 which included various improvements based on independent recommendations made about the previous contract. These changes included a more robust performance management regime, improved data and the implementation of a new quality assurance service.</p><p> </p><p>Spend on Language Services is expected to fluctuate due to the nature of the contracts being demand led.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/09/2019 14:21:42 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1142980

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
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 steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for personal independence payment appeals to be decided at HM Courts & Tribunals Service Ashford.
tabling member constituency	Sittingbourne and Sheppey
tabling member printed	Gordon Henderson
uin	284487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice expects appeal hearings to take place as quickly as possible and is carrying out a series of initiatives to increase capacity which will help reduce waiting times for appellants in Ashford. Since September 2018, three additional judges have been allocated to Ashford as their primary venue and three further judges have been allocated to Ashford as their secondary venue. Furthermore, from November this year the capacity at the Ashford venue will increase from three hearing rooms to four on a daily basis and from August 2019, appeals to be heard at the Ashford venue can now be heard at a new venue in Hastings, depending on the appellant’s postcode.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:50:18 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4050 label Biography information for Gordon Henderson

1143156

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unsolicited Goods and Services: Vulnerable Adults
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 ensure that vulnerable people are protected from aggressive or unsolicited sales techniques in the legal services sector.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	284832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The direct regulation of the legal profession in England and Wales is independent of Government. Regulators in the legal services sector, such as the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Bar Standards Board, have strict rules on how individuals and firms should deliver their services. Individuals should approach the relevant regulator directly if they have any specific concerns, and further details can be found on their respective websites.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:46:10 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1143233

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much is allocated to be spent from the public purse on conducting the Law Commission's review of the law on how and where people can marry in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	284677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The cost of the project to review the law on weddings and provide recommendations for a simple, fair and consistent system which gives couples choice in to marry in a way that is meaningful to them will be approximately £400,000.</p><p> </p><p>This cost is for the resource for two years of a project team made up of one full-time lawyer, one full-time research assistant, a proportion of the time of a team manager and some travel, publication and translation costs (totalling approximately £150,000 per year) plus the cost of engaging a specialist academic (£50,000 per year).</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/09/2019 13:44:17 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1143338

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Kirklevington Grange Prison: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what meetings his Department has had with Kirklevington prison on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Williams
uin	284877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The department is working closely and meets regularly with HMPPS to consider the impacts on prisons of leaving the EU without a deal.</p><p> </p><p>Preparations include ensuring that our food and retail contracts have alternative arrangements in case of disruption through ports; working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that the supply of health products to prisoners is not disrupted; and co-operating with other government departments to prepare for other contingencies.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:41:53 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4666 label Biography information for Dr Paul Williams

1143385

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2019 to Question 278565 on Probate: Computer Software, at what point in the Probate application process is user feedback requested; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	284794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The 93% user satisfaction figure for the online probate service is obtained via an exit survey once an application has been submitted.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 13:41:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1143544

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Marriage: Humanism
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 the potential merits of immediately laying an order under Section 14 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 to give legal recognition to humanist marriages rather than waiting for the outcome of the Law Commission’s review into that matter.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	284951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Law Commission review that the Government announced this June is a fundamental review of the law on how and where people can legally marry in England and Wales. As part of that review, the Government invited the Law Commission to make recommendations about how marriage by humanist and other non-religious belief organisations could be incorporated into a revised or new scheme for all marriages that is simple, fair and consistent. The Government will decide on provision on the basis of the Law Commission’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Assessment of the potential merits of provision for non-religious belief marriages can be found in the consultation paper and response published by a previous Government in 2014 and available at justice.gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Exercising the power in section 14 of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 to provide for legally binding non-religious belief marriage, including humanist marriage, would provide a freedom to marry in a way that would not be available to many other people who wish to marry. That is why the Government asked the Law Commission to carry out a fundamental review of the law on how and where couples can marry. It is a law that has been added to over several centuries without any systematic reform.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 05/09/2019 14:18:35 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1143617

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Translation Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much funding was allocated to each provider of translation services in each financial year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	285249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the amounts spent on an accruals basis, by HMCTS on suppliers of interpretation and translation services, on an accruals basis, for the financial years 2015-16 to 2018-19. This list is limited to suppliers with whom HMCTS has spent £25,000 or more in total over the last four years. The amount that HMCTS spent with a further 783 smaller suppliers have been aggregated together.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BOSTICO INTERNATIONAL LTD</p></td><td><p>6,294.58</p></td><td><p>17,767.20</p></td><td><p>49,605.63</p></td><td><p>35,982.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CAPITA TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES</p></td><td><p>6,563,283.65</p></td><td><p>4,270,630.76</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CLARION INTERPRETING LTD</p></td><td><p>35,907.17</p></td><td><p>349,568.23</p></td><td><p>300,307.47</p></td><td><p>394,394.39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>COMMUNICOURT LTD</p></td><td><p>9,306.73</p></td><td><p>44,376.98</p></td><td><p>57,174.99</p></td><td><p>21,708.37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CYMEN CYFYNGEDIG</p></td><td><p>67,316.00</p></td><td><p>65,413.85</p></td><td><p>78,203.20</p></td><td><p>58,382.18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FLEX LANGUAGE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>49.06</p></td><td><p>6,662.49</p></td><td><p>20,128.59</p></td><td><p>19,650.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GLOBAL LANGUAGE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>2,217.78</p></td><td><p>24,683.79</p></td><td><p>10,290.89</p></td><td><p>31,216.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LANGUAGE LINK PLUS LTD</p></td><td><p>6,562.39</p></td><td><p>4,482.45</p></td><td><p>9,181.68</p></td><td><p>32,905.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LOMER TRANSLATIONS &amp; INTERPRETING LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33,539.00</p></td><td><p>130,663.10</p></td><td><p>(1,926.91)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>20,938.97</p></td><td><p>83,925.25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>R LALLAH</p></td><td><p>16,885.90</p></td><td><p>7,018.50</p></td><td><p>1,474.50</p></td><td><p>411.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ONE STOP LANGUAGE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>187,747.93</p></td><td><p>351,639.63</p></td><td><p>471,520.64</p></td><td><p>425,282.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TERPTREE LTD</p></td><td><p>16,332.00</p></td><td><p>13,304.00</p></td><td><p>30,696.00</p></td><td><p>34,788.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE LANGUAGE SHOP - LONDON BOROUGH OF NEWHAM</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>139,399.80</p></td><td><p>254,092.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THEBIGWORD INTERPRETING SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4,130,721.96</p></td><td><p>9,683,913.69</p></td><td><p>8,565,658.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRANSLATE UK LTD</p></td><td><p>58,534.63</p></td><td><p>52,499.10</p></td><td><p>176,306.19</p></td><td><p>415,314.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TRIANGLE SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12,491.95</p></td><td><p>30,330.64</p></td><td><p>9,588.08</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK LANGUAGE SOLUTIONS LTD</p></td><td><p>13,628.95</p></td><td><p>49,926.65</p></td><td><p>22,730.04</p></td><td><p>106,362.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK TRANSLATION SERVICES LTD</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>43,769.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WESSEX TRANSLATIONS LTD</p></td><td><p>4,820.85</p></td><td><p>2,285.23</p></td><td><p>17,470.33</p></td><td><p>26,843.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>783 other smaller suppliers</p></td><td><p>123,061.68</p></td><td><p>225,843.59</p></td><td><p>174,397.05</p></td><td><p>526,267.06</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 05/09/2019 15:54:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1143892

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bristol Prison
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has had with HMP Bristol in Horfield on the potential implications for that prison of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	285098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The department is working closely and meets regularly with HMPPS to consider any impact on prisons in the event of a No Deal Brexit.</p><p> </p><p>Preparations include ensuring that our food and retail contracts have alternative arrangements in case of disruption through ports; working closely with the Department of Health and Social Care to make sure that the supply of health products to prisoners is not disrupted; and co-operating with other government departments to prepare for other contingencies.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/09/2019 15:58:38 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1143941

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the prison population was on 30 June in each year since 1997; and how many of those prisoners were in (a) public and (b) private prisons.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	284943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) publishes monthly individual prison population and capacity information through the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-population-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the prison population as at 30<sup>th</sup> June in each year since 1997 and identifies how many of these prisoners were held in public and private sector prisons and Young Offender Institutions.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prisoners held in private</strong><strong>ly managed prisons &amp; YOIs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of prisoners held in p</strong><strong>ublic sector prisons &amp; YOIs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Prison Population</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/1997</p></td><td><p>1735</p></td><td><p>59011</p></td><td><p>60746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/1998</p></td><td><p>4170</p></td><td><p>61160</p></td><td><p>65330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/1999</p></td><td><p>4475</p></td><td><p>59745</p></td><td><p>64220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2000</p></td><td><p>5600</p></td><td><p>59542</p></td><td><p>65142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2001</p></td><td><p>6465</p></td><td><p>60213</p></td><td><p>66678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2002</p></td><td><p>7602</p></td><td><p>63530</p></td><td><p>71132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2003</p></td><td><p>7956</p></td><td><p>65488</p></td><td><p>73444</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2004</p></td><td><p>7179</p></td><td><p>66968</p></td><td><p>74147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2005</p></td><td><p>7708</p></td><td><p>68088</p></td><td><p>75796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2006</p></td><td><p>8443</p></td><td><p>69147</p></td><td><p>77590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2007</p></td><td><p>9004</p></td><td><p>70310</p></td><td><p>79314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2008</p></td><td><p>9489</p></td><td><p>73257</p></td><td><p>82746</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2009</p></td><td><p>9391</p></td><td><p>73554</p></td><td><p>82945</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2010</p></td><td><p>9841</p></td><td><p>74734</p></td><td><p>84575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2011</p></td><td><p>10299</p></td><td><p>74442</p></td><td><p>84741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2012</p></td><td><p>13674</p></td><td><p>71644</p></td><td><p>85318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2013</p></td><td><p>14394</p></td><td><p>68616</p></td><td><p>83010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2014</p></td><td><p>15246</p></td><td><p>69361</p></td><td><p>84607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2015</p></td><td><p>15905</p></td><td><p>69051</p></td><td><p>84956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2016</p></td><td><p>15949</p></td><td><p>68363</p></td><td><p>84312</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2017</p></td><td><p>16818</p></td><td><p>68229</p></td><td><p>85047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2018</p></td><td><p>16252</p></td><td><p>66195</p></td><td><p>82447</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30/06/2019</p></td><td><p>16077</p></td><td><p>66378</p></td><td><p>82455</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures in these tables have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</p><p> </p><p>Our £2.5 billion long-term building programme will provide 10,000 additional prison places - reducing overcrowding and creating a prison estate that is fit for the future.</p><p> </p><p>Modern, efficient jails provide us with the stability needed to rehabilitate offenders, preventing future victims and keeping the public safe.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/09/2019 16:01:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon