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846069

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to consult Scottish organisations on the Scottish Legal Aid system as part of the post-implementation review of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The legal aid system of Scotland is a devolved matter and is determined by the Scotland Act 1998.</p><p>The LASPO post-implementation review is an evidence-based assessment of changes brought about by the legislation on the legal aid system in England and Wales. To this end, we will be analysing evidence and consulting with expert panels and interested parties. If there are any Scottish organisations interested in providing evidence for the post-implementation review, I would encourage them to contact my department to be involved in the process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2018 17:58:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

846070

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
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 1 February 2018 to Question 125361 on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, if his Department will include Scottish representation on the list of organisations and experts it plans to invite to submit evidence to the post-implementation review of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	128779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The legal aid system of Scotland is a devolved matter and is determined by the Scotland Act 1998.</p><p>The LASPO post-implementation review is an evidence-based assessment of changes brought about by the legislation on the legal aid system in England and Wales. To this end, we will be analysing evidence and consulting with expert panels and interested parties. If there are any Scottish organisations interested in providing evidence for the post-implementation review, I would encourage them to contact my department to be involved in the process.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/03/2018 17:58:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

800713

registered interest
date	04/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Civil Proceedings: Drugs and Medical Equipment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Exiting the European Union on the establishment of mechanisms to resolve legal disputes on medicines and medical devices after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	117334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK has one of the strongest and most productive life sciences sectors in the world. This Government is committed to ensuring a positive outcome for the sector, that enhances competitiveness and builds on the success that we are rightly proud of, as we exit the European Union.</p><p><br> The UK will engage constructively to negotiate an approach to enforcement and dispute resolution for the future partnership which meets the key objectives of the UK and the EU, including for the life sciences sector. This will underpin the deep and special partnership we are seeking with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/12/2017 14:53:06 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

760738

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claimants in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency (a) paid fees and (b) have had fees refunded since 2013; what the total sum of fees still to be so refunded to claimants is; and when he intends that refund process to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	105112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect centrally information on the number of claimants in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency who paid a fee in the Employment Tribunals.</p><p> </p><p>We confirmed, following the handing down of the Supreme Court’s judgment in the case of R (Unison) v the Lord Chancellor, that we would put in place arrangements to refund those people who had paid fees in the Employment Tribunals as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 27/11/2017 15:47:42 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

760739

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Employment Tribunals Service: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many employment tribunal claimants there were in Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency in the year (a) before and (b) after the introduction of tribunal fees.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	105113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Personal data for Employment Tribunal cases are archived 12 months after a case is concluded. Constituency-level data are only available showing claims accepted from October 2016 to June 2017. This is consistent with the published statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of accepted claims in the East Falkirk and Linlithgow constituency from October 2016 to June 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Accepted<sup>3 </sup>Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>Period</p></td><td><p>Singles</p></td><td><p>Multiples</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Falkirk<sup>2 </sup>and Linlithgow<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>October 2016 – June 2017</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Claims accepted prior to the introduction of fees can be found in a regional breakdown, including Scotland, at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2017-and-2016-to-2017</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Linlithgow Constituency taken as accepted claims submitted within the postcode area EH49</p><p><sup>2 </sup>East Falkirk Constituency taken as accepted claims submitted within the postcode area EH30, EH47 EH2</p><p><sup>3 </sup>Accepted claims by constituency are extracted from the live ETHOS databases. Cases from the live data bases are archived 12 months after they are concluded and as such personalised data (constituency) are no longer available. Anonymised data at venue level are exported to the Central Office of the Industrial Tribunal (COIT) database.</p><p><em>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and are the best data available. </em>The data may differ slightly to that of the published stats as this data was run on a different date.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/11/2017 11:04:28 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

747699

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: ICT
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 reduce the amount of manual processing on paper that it carries out and to make such processing digital.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	2601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The government continues to encourage more people to go online, so they can access the guidance and services they need – as well as reducing the cost of public services. Through our Digital transformation programme within HMCTS, and MoJ’s Transformation programme which introduces more mobile IT devices we have reduced our reliance on paper. The use of the Crown Court Digital Case System has saved us from printing over 40 million pages of information, reducing the amount of classified waste produced.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the department’s performance in reducing its paper consumption were published in the Greening Government Commitments Annual Report – April 2015 to March 2016 on 20 April 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greening-government-commitments-2015-to-2016-annual-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/greening-government-commitments-2015-to-2016-annual-report</a></p> answering member constituency Bracknell answering member printed Dr Phillip Lee question first answered 11/07/2017 15:27:56 answering member 3921 label Biography information for Dr Phillip Lee
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731228

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Human Rights: Impact Assessments
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 carrying out human rights impact assessments for each stage of the passage of a Bill.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2017 answer text <p>The human rights implications of Government Bills are set out in the Explanatory Notes and summarised in the statement made under section 19 of the Human Rights Act 1998 by the Minister in charge of the Bill. Human rights issues are further considered through scrutiny by the Joint Committee on Human Rights, in correspondence with the Government where required.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 30/06/2017 13:20:30 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

722143

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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 proportion of appeals to the Tribunals Service in Scotland relating to personal independence payments were successful in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	71016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information about the number and outcomes of personal independence payment appeals in Scotland is published on gov.uk. The most recent statistics, for the period October to December 2016, can be viewed at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot isolate cost data relating to specific benefit types.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 71017 question first answered 27/04/2017 13:27:54 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

722144

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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, how many appeals to the Tribunals Service in Scotland related to personal independence payments in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the total cost was of those appeals.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	71017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Information about the number and outcomes of personal independence payment appeals in Scotland is published on gov.uk. The most recent statistics, for the period October to December 2016, can be viewed at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-and-gender-recognition-certificate-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2016</a>.</p><p> </p><p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service cannot isolate cost data relating to specific benefit types.</p> answering member constituency North East Hertfordshire answering member printed Sir Oliver Heald grouped question UIN 71016 question first answered 27/04/2017 13:27:54 answering member 69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day