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1715942

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help potential claimants to obtain access to justice in cases of wrongful dismissal.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Employment Tribunals are responsible for hearing employment related disputes, including those related to unfair and wrongful dismissal. They provide an accessible and low-cost avenue for claimants, designed to be navigated without requiring legal representation.</p><p>Working with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), we have taken a number of steps to improve the capacity and efficiency of the Employment Tribunals, including the deployment of legal caseworkers, the recruitment of additional judges, and the establishment, by the judiciary, of an Employment Tribunal virtual region. Last month, we also made a small number of changes to the Employment Tribunal procedure rules which will support the implementation of a new reformed digital system, currently being developed and tested in four early adopter sites ahead of national rollout during the course of this year. Following these rule changes, we transferred the Employment Tribunal rule-making power to the Tribunal Procedure Committee (TPC) - an independent rule-making committee. Given the TPC’s expertise and experience, this transfer will improve efficiency in the making and amending of Employment Tribunal rules, to further enhance access to justice for all claimants. We continue to work with DBT and HMCTS on further measures to support the Employment Tribunals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4393 question first answered 21/05/2024 11:59:13 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1715943

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help potential claimants to obtain access for justice in cases of unfair dismissal.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Employment Tribunals are responsible for hearing employment related disputes, including those related to unfair and wrongful dismissal. They provide an accessible and low-cost avenue for claimants, designed to be navigated without requiring legal representation.</p><p>Working with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS), we have taken a number of steps to improve the capacity and efficiency of the Employment Tribunals, including the deployment of legal caseworkers, the recruitment of additional judges, and the establishment, by the judiciary, of an Employment Tribunal virtual region. Last month, we also made a small number of changes to the Employment Tribunal procedure rules which will support the implementation of a new reformed digital system, currently being developed and tested in four early adopter sites ahead of national rollout during the course of this year. Following these rule changes, we transferred the Employment Tribunal rule-making power to the Tribunal Procedure Committee (TPC) - an independent rule-making committee. Given the TPC’s expertise and experience, this transfer will improve efficiency in the making and amending of Employment Tribunal rules, to further enhance access to justice for all claimants. We continue to work with DBT and HMCTS on further measures to support the Employment Tribunals.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4392 question first answered 21/05/2024 11:59:13 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1715944

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many claims for wrongful dismissal were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS does not hold separate data on the number of wrongful dismissal claims.</p><p>Data on the proportion of claims for unfair dismissal which were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past ten years is held in the published stats up to March 2021.</p><p>The ‘Unfair Dismissal’ table ET 3 gives a breakdown of the outcomes by proportion: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The table below details the overall number of successful unfair dismissal claims by Financial Year from 2014-2015 to 2020-2021 only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. 'Unfair Dismissal' Successful at Hearing <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>889</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. 01 April to 31 March</p><p>2. Unfair dismissal: Includes Unfair dismissal after exercising or claiming a statutory right. Unfair dismissal on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking and Unfair dismissal in connection to a lock out, strike or other industrial action.</p><p>Publication of Employment Tribunal by jurisdiction ceased from April 2021 when Employment Tribunals moved to an interim database with limited management information. Employment Tribunals are now in the process of transitioning to a new case management system and work is in hand as part of the HMCTS data strategy to reintroduce the publication of Jurisdictional Outcome information at the end of this calendar year.</p><p>Data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time, as such the data may differ slightly to that of the official published stats as this data was run on a different date. 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 is the best data that is available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4395 HL4396 HL4397 question first answered 21/05/2024 12:04:24 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1715945

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of claims for wrongful dismissal were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS does not hold separate data on the number of wrongful dismissal claims.</p><p>Data on the proportion of claims for unfair dismissal which were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past ten years is held in the published stats up to March 2021.</p><p>The ‘Unfair Dismissal’ table ET 3 gives a breakdown of the outcomes by proportion: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The table below details the overall number of successful unfair dismissal claims by Financial Year from 2014-2015 to 2020-2021 only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. 'Unfair Dismissal' Successful at Hearing <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>889</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. 01 April to 31 March</p><p>2. Unfair dismissal: Includes Unfair dismissal after exercising or claiming a statutory right. Unfair dismissal on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking and Unfair dismissal in connection to a lock out, strike or other industrial action.</p><p>Publication of Employment Tribunal by jurisdiction ceased from April 2021 when Employment Tribunals moved to an interim database with limited management information. Employment Tribunals are now in the process of transitioning to a new case management system and work is in hand as part of the HMCTS data strategy to reintroduce the publication of Jurisdictional Outcome information at the end of this calendar year.</p><p>Data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time, as such the data may differ slightly to that of the official published stats as this data was run on a different date. 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 is the best data that is available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4394 HL4396 HL4397 question first answered 21/05/2024 12:04:25 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1715946

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many claims for unfair dismissal were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS does not hold separate data on the number of wrongful dismissal claims.</p><p>Data on the proportion of claims for unfair dismissal which were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past ten years is held in the published stats up to March 2021.</p><p>The ‘Unfair Dismissal’ table ET 3 gives a breakdown of the outcomes by proportion: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The table below details the overall number of successful unfair dismissal claims by Financial Year from 2014-2015 to 2020-2021 only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. 'Unfair Dismissal' Successful at Hearing <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>889</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. 01 April to 31 March</p><p>2. Unfair dismissal: Includes Unfair dismissal after exercising or claiming a statutory right. Unfair dismissal on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking and Unfair dismissal in connection to a lock out, strike or other industrial action.</p><p>Publication of Employment Tribunal by jurisdiction ceased from April 2021 when Employment Tribunals moved to an interim database with limited management information. Employment Tribunals are now in the process of transitioning to a new case management system and work is in hand as part of the HMCTS data strategy to reintroduce the publication of Jurisdictional Outcome information at the end of this calendar year.</p><p>Data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time, as such the data may differ slightly to that of the official published stats as this data was run on a different date. 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 is the best data that is available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4394 HL4395 HL4397 question first answered 21/05/2024 12:04:25 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1715947

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Unfair Dismissal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of claims for unfair dismissal were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodman of Wycombe
uin	HL4397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>HMCTS does not hold separate data on the number of wrongful dismissal claims.</p><p>Data on the proportion of claims for unfair dismissal which were successful at employment tribunals for each of the past ten years is held in the published stats up to March 2021.</p><p>The ‘Unfair Dismissal’ table ET 3 gives a breakdown of the outcomes by proportion: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/tribunals-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023/tribunal-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2023" target="_blank">Tribunal Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>The table below details the overall number of successful unfair dismissal claims by Financial Year from 2014-2015 to 2020-2021 only.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year <sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>No. 'Unfair Dismissal' Successful at Hearing <sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2883</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>826</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>975</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>1050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>889</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>1. 01 April to 31 March</p><p>2. Unfair dismissal: Includes Unfair dismissal after exercising or claiming a statutory right. Unfair dismissal on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking on grounds of capability, conduct or some other general reason including the result of a transfer of an undertaking and Unfair dismissal in connection to a lock out, strike or other industrial action.</p><p>Publication of Employment Tribunal by jurisdiction ceased from April 2021 when Employment Tribunals moved to an interim database with limited management information. Employment Tribunals are now in the process of transitioning to a new case management system and work is in hand as part of the HMCTS data strategy to reintroduce the publication of Jurisdictional Outcome information at the end of this calendar year.</p><p>Data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time, as such the data may differ slightly to that of the official published stats as this data was run on a different date. 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 is the best data that is available.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL4394 HL4395 HL4396 question first answered 21/05/2024 12:04:25 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1471 label Biography information for Lord Goodman of Wycombe

1715963

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of changes to the probate system on the average length of time taken to complete probate.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Since the launch of the new digital service in 2019, over 1.2 million probate applications have been processed on the new platform and around 80% of applications are made digitally. HMCTS is committed to continually improving the system, using feedback from our users to help shape future improvements. In addition, HMCTS has increased staffing levels and streamlined internal processes to improve waiting times.</p><p>Management information published by HMCTS (which does not go through the same level of quality assurance and analysis as the Family Court Statistics Quarterly) shows the average mean length of time taken for a grant of probate, from receipt of documentation, reduced by 3 weeks in March 2024 to 9 weeks. Overall output has also increased, the first quarter of 2024 (January to March 2024) saw the highest quarterly number of grants issued since the statistics have been published, with 83,060 grants issued. This is a 32% increase on the same period in 2023.</p><p>Average waiting times for probate grants are routinely published on gov.uk via Family Court Statistics Quarterly and HMCTS Management information and currently cover the period up to December 2023 and March 2023 respectively.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 21/05/2024 12:10:15 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1715968

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Intimate Image Abuse
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to prevent individuals soliciting a deepfake non-consensual image from jurisdictions where there are no laws against creating and sharing such images and receiving the image in the UK.
tabling member printed	Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge
uin	HL4422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>Creating deepfake sexual images without consent is immoral and unacceptable in society. The Government has tabled an amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill that will criminalise those who create a sexual deepfake image without consent, and for the purposes of sexual gratification or to cause alarm, humiliation or distress. This builds on reforms introduced through the Online Safety Act which criminalised the sharing of, or threats to share, intimate images, including deepfakes, without consent.</p><p> </p><p>Under sections 44 – 46 of the Serious Crime Act 2007, an individual who does not themselves commit a crime, may still face charges if they encourage or assist someone else to do so. These provisions will apply to the new deepfakes offence in the Criminal Justice Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The situation is, however, more complicated if one or other of the people involved are not in England and Wales and whether a crime has been committed will depend on the specific facts of each case. This is because the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales for acts committed overseas is limited.</p><p> </p><p>Section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, which in relation to some sexual offences extends the jurisdiction of the criminal courts of England &amp; Wales to acts done overseas in certain circumstances, will not apply to the new offence. This is in line with standard Government policy that statutory extra-territorial jurisdiction should only be applied to serious and indictable offences, not summary offences. However, through the Criminal Justice Bill, we are making the two more serious offences of sharing intimate images (namely (i) sharing an intimate image without consent for the purpose of sexual gratification and (ii) sharing an intimate image without consent and with intent to cause alarm, distress or humiliation) subject to section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act , so that courts in England and Wales will have jurisdiction over those offences when committed abroad in certain circumstances.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 21/05/2024 15:43:59 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	4990 label Biography information for Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge

1715998

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Bail: Remote Hearings
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 Courts and Tribunals Judiciary on its decision to make second and subsequent bail applications remote by default.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	24910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>It is standard practice not to comment on discussions between Ministers and the judiciary.</p><p>The Lord Chancellor is supportive of any efforts to help ensure sufficient capacity in the courts to hear bail applications and to remove principal structural barriers to applications being submitted, and he welcomes the revised guidance launched by Judicial Office which sets out that all second and subsequent bail applications to the Crown Court should be heard remotely unless ordered otherwise by a judge.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 13/05/2024 08:49:11 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1716036

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people serving an imprisonment for a Public Protection sentence were held in secure hospitals at the start of the last 20 quarters.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	24924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Under sections 47/49 of the Mental Health Act 1983, the Secretary of State may authorise by warrant the transfer of sentenced prisoners to a mental health hospital, where he is satisfied that the criteria for detention are met by the aforementioned Act. Thereby, and for the duration of the period in hospital, the transferred prisoner becomes what is known as a restricted patient.</p><p>The requested data in the tables below are taken from an electronic casework system. Snapshot data of restricted patients in hospital are available only at the end of each year. We have provided this information in Table 1 for 2019-2022. We are unable to recreate snapshot data, for the start of each of the last 20 quarters, due to limitations of the case management system.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Population of offenders serving a sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) detained in hospital as a restricted patient on 31 December in each year from 2019-2023.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Population of IPP Restricted Patients </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>276</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>262</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>241</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Table 2:</strong> <strong>The number of offenders serving an IPP sentence who have been transferred from prison to secure hospitals on mental health grounds in each year since 2020.</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of transfers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes </strong></p><ol><li>These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems which, as with any large-scale recording systems are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing.</li><li>Where patients are admitted more than once, each admission is counted separately. This information does not count number of individual patients but instances of transfers.</li></ol><p><strong>Data Source: Public Protection Unit Database (PPUD)</strong></p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 24926 question first answered 13/05/2024 11:49:00 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern