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106350

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Profession
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on (a) the provision of legal services and (b) small solicitors and legal firms.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>A full assessment of the impact of our proposals was conducted as part of the consultation on legal aid reform. This was updated at Royal Assent to Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. A Post Implementation Review will be conducted 3 -5 years after implementation.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/11/2014 14:54:12 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106351

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Society
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last four years; and how much funding was provided to each such body.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not centrally record expenditure on funding for charities and voluntary organisations. To obtain this information from across the Ministry would incur a disproportionate cost as a manual check would have to be made of each business area’s month end return for each of the 48 months for which information has been requested.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/11/2014 17:26:45 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106352

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on external legal advice in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Spend on external legal advice for the last four years is set out in the table below. The figures also include spend on legal representation as it is not possible to separate these figures. The figures are for the core Department and the larger executive agencies (NOMS, HMCTS and LAA). Smaller agencies (OPG and CICA) and NDPBs have not been included.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>24.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>22.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>21.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>34.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>£5.5m of the increase in spend in 2013/14 is due to the cost of legal staff that transferred to TSol in July 2013; and c£4m is attributable to family legal representation at the Hillsborough Inquest; and c£1.4m to an increase in NOMS costs for legal representation.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/11/2014 17:59:57 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106353

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Insolvency
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 the Prime Minister on the open letter sent to him from business organisations dated 15 October 2014 on their concerns about the effect of changes to insolvency litigation contained in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>No discussions have taken place between the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State about the effects of the no win no fee reforms on insolvency proceedings. Officials are having ongoing discussions with other government departments on issues relating to and arising from the LASPO Act 2012.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/11/2014 14:08:52 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106354

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Directors: Misconduct
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent representations he has received on the effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on the Government's ability to tackle director misconduct.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Legal Aid, Sentencing, and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 includes a range of important measures to reform sentencing, protect the public, tackle reoffending and reform legal aid. None of these measures impact on the Government’s ability to tackle director misconduct.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 07/11/2014 14:55:36 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106355

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministerial Policy Advisers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much has been claimed in reimbursable expenses by special advisers in his Department in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The below table sets out the total expenses claimed by Special Advisers in the Department in each year from 2010. This is drawn from a search of records held, including the Ministry of Justice online system for claiming travel and subsistence expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>These expenses were necessarily incurred in the course of official business (including accompanying Ministers on visits and other engagements), in line with our policies.</p><p> </p><p>Records of expenses claimed by Special Advisers prior to April 2010 are not held.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4">Expenses incurred from April 2010 - October 2014</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Total (£)</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>0</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>129.1</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>161.9</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>170.2</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>89</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>Total</td><td>550.2</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 18/11/2014 18:01:19 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106451

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many firms undertook criminal legal aid work in (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>Legal Services Commission Annual Reports show that at 31 March 2010 1697 firms held contracts to undertake criminal legal aid work and that at 31 March 2013 1592 firms held such contracts.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/11/2014 17:57:43 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106454

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Crown Court
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal cases were defended in the Crown Court by litigants-in-person in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the honourable gentleman to the linked answer provide to the right honourable member for Tooting</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-21/211297/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-10-21/211297/</a></p><p> </p><p>We will write to the honourable gentleman at the same time as we write to his right honourable friend.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 11/11/2014 17:56:44 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106456

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Public Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on public relations in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Ministry of Justice does not spend any money on public relations.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 11/11/2014 17:31:52 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

106458

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times magistrates' courts hearings in each district have had to be postponed for lack of (a) prosecution preparedness, (b) the failure of Capita interpreters' contract, (c) lack of availability of court and (d) any other reason in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	213387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Data are published in Court Statistics Quarterly showing the number of trials in magistrates’ courts which are ineffective or postponed on the day of trial. This is for a variety of agreed reasons, including “Prosecution not ready”, “Interpreter availability” and “Court administration”. However, this only includes cases that have been listed for trial and are adjourned, not for any other hearings, such as preliminary hearings, guilty plea hearings or sentencing. HMCTS does not centrally collate the data on adjourned hearings, other than trials, and the reasons behind the adjournment.</p><p> </p><p>The volume of trials listed in magistrates’ courts, and those which were ineffective, are published in Table 3.5 of Court Statistics Quarterly which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/court-statistics-quarterly</a></p><p> </p><p>The national Criminal Justice Board, chaired by my Rt Hon Friend the Minister for Policing, Criminal Justice and Victims, is overseeing the <em>Transforming Summary Justice </em>programme, a collaboration between police, CPS and the courts to ensure that cases in the magistrates’ courts are prepared and prosecuted in a timely and efficient manner. It is currently being rolled out.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 11/11/2014 17:55:56 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter