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1204915

registered interest
date	17/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Equality
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 in response to the publication of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's report entitled Inclusive Justice, published on 22 April 2020, and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	60668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The government welcomes the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report, Inclusive Justice, the interim findings of which were published on 22 April, and the full report on 11 June 2020. The recommendations made in the report are being carefully considered.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 22/06/2020 14:17:59 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203799

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings proceeded in the family Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>40 family cases were heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre during the Flexible Operating Hours pilots.</p><p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots at Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the County Court at Brentford. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>.</p><p>Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Legal professionals, including those who participated in the pilots and those who opted out, were contacted to take part in in-depth research interviews. Public user surveys distributed to all participants in FOH sessions contained 19 optional questions related to equality and diversity, including questions on caring responsibilities. Data was also collected on reasons for opting out of FOH sessions by way of surveys that included the same equality and diversity questions and by interviews. Analysis of data on legal professionals and litigants in person with caring responsibilities who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59418 59419 question first answered 22/06/2020 14:24:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1203801

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many legal professionals with caring responsibilities participated in the civil and family Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme, by (a) sex, (b) jurisdiction and (c) location.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>40 family cases were heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre during the Flexible Operating Hours pilots.</p><p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots at Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the County Court at Brentford. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>.</p><p>Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Legal professionals, including those who participated in the pilots and those who opted out, were contacted to take part in in-depth research interviews. Public user surveys distributed to all participants in FOH sessions contained 19 optional questions related to equality and diversity, including questions on caring responsibilities. Data was also collected on reasons for opting out of FOH sessions by way of surveys that included the same equality and diversity questions and by interviews. Analysis of data on legal professionals and litigants in person with caring responsibilities who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59417 59419 question first answered 22/06/2020 14:24:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1203834

registered interest
date	15/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many litigants in person with caring responsibilities took part in the Flexible Operating Hours pilot scheme for civil and family courts, broken down by sex, jurisdiction and location.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	59419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>40 family cases were heard at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre during the Flexible Operating Hours pilots.</p><p>HMCTS has appointed a consortium of IFF Research and Frontier Economics to carry out an independent evaluation of the Flexible Operating Hours pilots at Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the County Court at Brentford. The evaluation is being conducted as set out in the evaluation plan, published July 2019: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flexible-operating-hours-evaluation-plan-and-summary</a>.</p><p>Data has been collected on the number of cases heard in Flexible Operating Hours sessions rather than on numbers of participants. Legal professionals, including those who participated in the pilots and those who opted out, were contacted to take part in in-depth research interviews. Public user surveys distributed to all participants in FOH sessions contained 19 optional questions related to equality and diversity, including questions on caring responsibilities. Data was also collected on reasons for opting out of FOH sessions by way of surveys that included the same equality and diversity questions and by interviews. Analysis of data on legal professionals and litigants in person with caring responsibilities who participated in the pilots in Brentford and Manchester will be included in the independent evaluation report.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 59417 59418 question first answered 22/06/2020 14:24:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1203040

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the review into means testing of legal aid for victims of domestic violence will conclude; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help they need - including legal aid, which is subject to a means and merits test. Our comprehensive review of the legal aid means test commenced in February 2019. The review is considering how the current arrangements adequately protect access to justice, and as part of this we have explicitly committed to look at means testing for victims of domestic abuse, including the existing capital thresholds.</p><p>Whilst the Government had previously committed to complete the review by Summer 2020, and to mark this with publication of a consultation paper, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis has meant this work has been temporarily paused and a revised timetable for delivery of the review will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58607 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:01:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203041

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications have been (a) granted and (b) rejected for legal aid from victims of domestic violence in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58608 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:08:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203042

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
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 adequacy of the capital threshold for means testing legal aid for domestic violence victims; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Victims of domestic abuse must have access to the help they need - including legal aid, which is subject to a means and merits test. Our comprehensive review of the legal aid means test commenced in February 2019. The review is considering how the current arrangements adequately protect access to justice, and as part of this we have explicitly committed to look at means testing for victims of domestic abuse, including the existing capital thresholds.</p><p>Whilst the Government had previously committed to complete the review by Summer 2020, and to mark this with publication of a consultation paper, the impact of the Covid-19 crisis has meant this work has been temporarily paused and a revised timetable for delivery of the review will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58605 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:01:11 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1203043

registered interest
date	11/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of legal aid applications made by victims of domestic violence have been rejected as a result of capital threshold means testing in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	58608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 58606 question first answered 22/06/2020 13:08:31 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1202049

registered interest
date	09/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Accommodation: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse per unit of the (a) construction or conversion, (b) delivery and deployment on site and (c) maintenance of temporary accommodation cells in England and Wales (i) monthly and (ii) over the expected timespan of cell usage; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (A) security and support from prison staff for that accommodation (1) monthly and (2) over the expected timespan of cell usage and (B) other costs relating to those cells.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	57148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government acted quickly to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in prisons by implementing restricted regimes to comply with national social distancing guidance and limiting inter-prisons transfers. Prisons are also implementing a ‘compartmentalisation’ strategy to isolate the sick, shield the vulnerable and quarantine new arrivals. Latest public health advice suggests these measures have limited the spread of the virus and minimised the number of deaths.</p><p>HMPPS has deployed temporary accommodation units across some parts of the prison estate to provide additional accommodation to support us in rolling out our compartmentalisation measures to contain the spread of COVID-19. Temporary accommodation is not being used to increase the operational capacity at each site. The measures allow us to isolate prisoners with symptoms, shield the vulnerable and to quarantine new arrivals.</p><p>There have been no direct construction or conversion costs for temporary accommodation units. We have, however, hired and purchased units. The total spend on hire and purchase costs (including delivery) at end May 2020 was £3.58m, inclusive of VAT. The overall spend as of the end of May was £4.25m. It is not yet possible to provide the average cost for the delivery and deployment on site, as the installation of all the units is still underway. The total spend on installation costs at end May 2020 was £675k, inclusive of VAT. Installation costs vary according to location and the type of unit being installed.</p><p>To date, we have not incurred any maintenance costs for the temporary accommodation cells we have purchased. There are no ongoing maintenance costs involved in units that are hired, however, there are costs associated with restitution and making good once each unit is returned at the end of the hire period.</p><p>At some establishments additional security measures, such as additional CCTV and provision of staff offices, have been installed. Where appropriate this has been funded centrally and is reflected in the installation total costs set out above. Some establishments have made further additions which have been absorbed through local budgets or within existing maintenance arrangements. Locally agreed staffing plans are also in place to reflect the needs of each establishment to effectively manage the use of the temporary units, which are funded from existing establishment budgets.</p><p>Other than installation costs, there are no centrally managed additional costs or uplifts for the management or security of this accommodation, or recurring costs, as the temporary cells have been deployed in the context of an emergency management plan.</p><p>Whilst we continue with the current plan, there is no projection that costs will change. Should prisons move to new regime arrangements, however, local changes will be needed that could have impact on ongoing and recurring costs. We will nonetheless always seek to gain the best possible value for the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 22/06/2020 15:52:24 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1201040

registered interest
date	08/06/2020
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Probate
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how long on average it takes for an applicant to receive a grant of probate.
tabling member printed	Lord Soley
uin	HL5415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>Probate timeliness data up to March 2020 are due for publication on 25th June 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 22/06/2020 16:19:52 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
tabling member	160 label Biography information for Lord Soley