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894748

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
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 19 April 2018 to Question 135130, if he will make it his policy to ensure that all procurement areas have at least 2 legal aid providers of family law on 1 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The LAA seeks to maintain at least 5 providers holding a family contract per procurement area, to deal with conflicts of interest in public law family matters. The LAA currently has more than two in all areas and the following the tender for the 2018 Standard Civil Contract expects the position to remain the same or improve. Currently 93% of all procurement areas contain 5 or more providers.</p><p> </p><p>In most other categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area.</p><p>The LAA received one or fewer compliant tenders in 6 Immigration and Asylum access points, as follows:</p><ul><li>Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth &amp; Isle of Wight</li><li>City of Kingston upon Hull</li><li>East &amp; West Lancashire</li><li>Swindon</li><li>City of Plymouth and Devon</li><li>North East Wales</li></ul><p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors legal aid provision, and where a gap is identified it takes appropriate steps to ensure clients have access to services. Clients are also able to access advice through the LAA’s telephone advice services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 139554 139556 question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

894749

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Asylum
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 19 April 2018 to Question 135130, if he will make it his policy to ensure that all procurement areas have at least 2 legal aid providers of housing law on 1 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The LAA seeks to maintain at least 5 providers holding a family contract per procurement area, to deal with conflicts of interest in public law family matters. The LAA currently has more than two in all areas and the following the tender for the 2018 Standard Civil Contract expects the position to remain the same or improve. Currently 93% of all procurement areas contain 5 or more providers.</p><p> </p><p>In most other categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area.</p><p>The LAA received one or fewer compliant tenders in 6 Immigration and Asylum access points, as follows:</p><ul><li>Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth &amp; Isle of Wight</li><li>City of Kingston upon Hull</li><li>East &amp; West Lancashire</li><li>Swindon</li><li>City of Plymouth and Devon</li><li>North East Wales</li></ul><p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors legal aid provision, and where a gap is identified it takes appropriate steps to ensure clients have access to services. Clients are also able to access advice through the LAA’s telephone advice services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 139553 139556 question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:11 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

894767

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Agency: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in real terms was in his Department's funding allocation to the Legal Aid Agency for 2018-19 compared to 2017-18; and what that same change was for 2018-19 compared to 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Final expenditure figures for the period 2017-2018 and full expenditure figures for 2018-2019 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 139009 139011 139012 139013 139014 139015 139016 question first answered 03/05/2018 15:39:43 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

894768

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration
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 19 April 2018 to Question 135134 on Legal Aid Scheme: Immigration, in how many areas one or fewer compliant tenders were received in response to the Legal Aid Agency's recent tender process; and if he will list those areas.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The LAA seeks to maintain at least 5 providers holding a family contract per procurement area, to deal with conflicts of interest in public law family matters. The LAA currently has more than two in all areas and the following the tender for the 2018 Standard Civil Contract expects the position to remain the same or improve. Currently 93% of all procurement areas contain 5 or more providers.</p><p> </p><p>In most other categories of law where advice is delivered face to face to clients, the LAA seeks to maintain a minimum of one provider in each procurement area.</p><p>The LAA received one or fewer compliant tenders in 6 Immigration and Asylum access points, as follows:</p><ul><li>Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth &amp; Isle of Wight</li><li>City of Kingston upon Hull</li><li>East &amp; West Lancashire</li><li>Swindon</li><li>City of Plymouth and Devon</li><li>North East Wales</li></ul><p>The Legal Aid Agency monitors legal aid provision, and where a gap is identified it takes appropriate steps to ensure clients have access to services. Clients are also able to access advice through the LAA’s telephone advice services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 139553 139554 question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

894769

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the courts reform programme which was launched in 2015 is on course to be completed by the end of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	139557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>To transform our Justice System as set out in the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice’s joint statement, an extensive programme of change activity is underway and on track to complete delivery by March 2022, and benefits will have been fully embedded by March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Reform will utilise digital services to make justice more accessible and straightforward; simplify and modernise processes to avoid unnecessary hearings, redundant paper forms, and duplication; and make more effective use of courts and judiciary for difficult and sensitive issues while handling routine issues out of court wherever possible. HMCTS expects the reformed, modernised and upgraded justice system to work better for all those involved, use court time more proportionately, and make services more accessible to users.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/06/2018 15:55:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

894793

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Operating Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual operating costs were of (a) Harrogate, (b) Skipton, (c) Scarborough, (d) Teeside and (e) York magistrates' court in the last 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	139546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>Total operational costs for magistrates’ courts in the financial year 2017/18 (£k):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Annual Operating Costs</p></td><td><p>Staff related costs</p></td><td><p>Other operating costs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate</p></td><td><p>559</p></td><td><p>282*</p></td><td><p>**277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skipton</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>0*</p></td><td><p>**58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>246</p></td><td><p>**280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teesside</p></td><td><p>2,996</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>909</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>467</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>‘* Staff and admin costs at Skipton are included within the figures for Harrogate, no disaggregation is possible.</p><p>** These locations are co located and include county and family courts, the costs shown here represent the costs apportioned to the magistrates’ court.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 09/05/2018 17:00:00 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

894798

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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 publish the full consultation papers and the Government’s response on the Personal Injury Discount Rate consultation which ran from 12 February to 7 May 2013.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	139426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government published the consultation paper: “Damages Act 1996: the discount rate: review of the legal framework” on 12 February 2013, and its response to the consultation on 30<sup>th</sup> March 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Both documents can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/damages-act-1996-the-discount-rate-review-of-the-legal-framework</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/05/2018 12:09:09 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

894800

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Reoffenders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the re-offending rate was for each community rehabilitation company by category of offence in the latest year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	139428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>In assessing the performance of Community Rehabilitation Companies (CRCs) in reducing reoffending, the MoJ publishes quarterly proven reoffending statistics by CRCs for the cohorts of offenders they manage. These include the number of proven offences committed in the one year follow up period. Published headline figures are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/payment-by-results-statistics-october-2015-to-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/payment-by-results-statistics-october-2015-to-june-2017</a>. Also published within this are interim figures which include the latest assessment of CRC reoffending rates before headline one-year figures become available.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the reoffending rates by category of offence are not routinely published, but I have attached a breakdown of offences for the April to June 2016 cohort which represents the most recent group for which finalised figures are available.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/05/2018 12:10:30 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart attachment 1 file name April to June 2016 CRC reoffending by index offence.xlsx title Table
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

894801

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Life Imprisonment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average minimum terms were for (a) men and (b) women completing a life sentence for murder in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	139429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>We have taken the reference in the question to ‘average minimum terms’ to be a reference to the average tariff period that must be served by those serving a life sentence for murder before they can be considered for release by the Parole Board.</p><p> </p><p>The average tariff periods for individuals serving mandatory life-sentences for murder who were released in 2017 were:</p><p>(a) Men = 12 years.</p><p>(b) Women = 13 years.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that many of these individuals would have been sentenced prior to the implementation of relevant provisions in Schedule 21 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 which introduced a robust framework for the determination of minimum terms by courts for mandatory life sentences. The figures above should therefore be contrasted with the average tariff periods for individuals serving mandatory life sentences for murder who were sentenced in 2017 (whole-life sentences not included) which were:</p><p>(a) Men = 21 years.</p><p>Women = 18 years.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 10/05/2018 16:37:35 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

894802

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Life Imprisonment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average proportion of sentence served in prison was by (a) men and (b) women serving mandatory life sentences who were released from prison in the last year for which information is held.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	139430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>We have taken the reference in the question to ‘average proportion of sentence served’ to be a reference to the average length of time served as a proportion of tariff in prison. This will comprise the offender’s original tariff period plus any additional time spent in prison prior to release by the Parole Board. The average length of time served in prison as a proportion of tariff by individuals serving mandatory life-sentences who were released in 2017 was:</p><p>(a) Men = 146%.</p><p>(b) Women = 113%.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 09/05/2018 16:54:57 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies