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tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
max question first answered	2019-08-02T14:48:03.273Z

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19/07/2019

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Ministry of Justice

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Justice

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Justice

hansard heading

Translation Services

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275723, what the total spend of his Department was on translation services (a) in the 2017-18 financial year and (b) since 1 April 2018.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

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279405

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date of answer

02/08/2019

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This question has been interpreted to mean costs for all language services, both translators, and interpreters provided in a court setting, and for printed materials available in HMCTS buildings. The spend by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service on courts translations services was as follows,<table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>Total Cost (£)</td></tr><tr><td>Financial year 2017-18</td><td>11,487,719.68</td></tr><tr><td>Financial Year 2018-19</td><td>11,000,690.76</td></tr><tr><td>April 2019 – 30 Jun 2019</td><td>3,670,157.83</td></tr></tbody></table> These figures do not include any expenditure related to central funds as these are not included in the accounts for HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Our most recent statistics show language service requests are at their highest since the new contract was introduced in 2016 the clear majority were fulfilled. It is vital that victims, witnesses and defendants understand what is happening in court to ensure justice is done, and we will always take steps to ensure a qualified interpreter is provided when needed.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

02/08/2019 14:17:37

answering member

4362

label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1140527

registered interest

date

19/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Translation Services

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legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant the Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 275723 on Translation Services, how much funding was allocated to each provider of translation services in each financial year since 2010-11.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

279412

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/08/2019

answer text

HMCTS do not allocate funding by supplier for any type of expenditure, so would not be able to provide details on how much was allocated for translation services by supplier.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

02/08/2019 14:48:03

answering member

4362

label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1138066

registered interest

date

10/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Translation Services

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Courts and Tribunals Service has spent on (a) courts translation services and (b) Capita Translation Services in each of the last 10 financial years.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

275723

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

15/07/2019

answer text

HMCTS was created on the 1 April 2011. We are unable to provide information for financial years prior to that date. This question has been interpreted to mean costs for all language services, both translators, and interpreters provided in a court setting, and for printed materials available in HMCTS buildings. The contract with Capita commenced on 30th January 2012, and ended on 30th October 2016. The new Language Services Contracts commenced on the 31st October 2016, with services provided by thebigword Group Limited, Clarion Interpreting and The Language Shop. The spend by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service on courts translations services was as follows, by financial year:<table><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Total Cost (£)</td><td>Capita Charges (£)</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12 (Commenced from 30th January 2012)</td><td>7,080,332</td><td>1,440</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>4,955,510</td><td>1,083,181</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>7,305,324</td><td>6,501,870</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15</td><td>7,431,045</td><td>7,182,866</td></tr><tr><td>2015-16</td><td>7,111,949</td><td>6,548,023</td></tr><tr><td>2016-17</td><td>9,683,794</td><td>4,264,196</td></tr></tbody></table> Our most recent statistics show language service requests are at their highest since the new contract was introduced in 2016 the clear majority – 97% - were fulfilled. It is vital that victims, witnesses and defendants understand what is happening in court to ensure justice is done, and we will always take steps to ensure a qualified interpreter is provided when needed.

answering member constituency

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

answering member printed

Paul Maynard

question first answered

15/07/2019 16:17:49

answering member

3926

label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1136876

registered interest

date

04/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Courts: Sales

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the sale price was of each (a) magistrates' court building, (b) youth court and (c) Crown court sold in the last two years.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

273363

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

09/07/2019

answer text

Sales of Magistrates’, Youth and Crown court buildings from the 2017/18 financial year onwards are as follows<table><tbody><tr><td>Property</td><td>Receipt (£)</td><td>Reform/Pre-reform</td></tr><tr><td>Abergavenny Magistrates Court</td><td>499,809</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple Magistrates' & County Court</td><td>95,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton Magistrates' Court</td><td>750,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Brecon Law Court</td><td>575,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Caerphilly Magistrates Court</td><td>445,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Chester-le-Street Magistrates Court</td><td>100,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Cirencester Magistrates' Court</td><td>450,000</td><td>Pre-reform</td></tr><tr><td>Dolgellau Mags & Crown Court</td><td>67,509</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Dorking Magistrates' Court</td><td>2,125,000</td><td>Pre-reform</td></tr><tr><td>Greenwich Magistrates Court</td><td>12,005,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court</td><td>43,000,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Holyhead Magistrates Court (North Anglsey),</td><td>112,500</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Keighley (Bingley) Magistrates' Court</td><td>254,310</td><td>Pre-reform</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates</td><td>1,000,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Lyndhurst Magistrates' Court</td><td>900,000</td><td>Pre-reform</td></tr><tr><td>Northallerton Magistrates' Court</td><td>450,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Oswestry Magistrates' Court</td><td>110,602</td><td>Pre-reform</td></tr><tr><td>Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates Court</td><td>9,850,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Solihull Magistrates Court</td><td>4,300,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham (Enfield) Magistrates Court</td><td>4,570,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Towcester Magistrates' Court</td><td>50,000</td><td>Pre-reform</td></tr><tr><td>Waltham Forest Magistrates Court</td><td>3,471,040</td><td>Reform</td></tr><tr><td>Watford Magistrates Court</td><td>3,836,000</td><td>Reform</td></tr></tbody></table> The table above excludes transfers of surplus properties to other government departments (such as Homes England) as these are not categorised as a sale transaction, but as an internal transfer within government. The closure of any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and when communities have reasonable access to alternative courts. Since the start of the Reform Programme, money raised from the sale of surplus buildings has been reinvested in the reform of HM Courts & Tribunals Service. The table above identifies pre-reform buildings where this is not the case.

answering member constituency

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

answering member printed

Paul Maynard

question first answered

09/07/2019 16:21:57

answering member

3926

label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1136743

registered interest

date

03/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Courts: Sales

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the (a) market value of courts sold as part of HM Courts and Tribunal reform programme and (b) the resale value of those courts after they entered private ownership.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

272804

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

08/07/2019

answer text

HMCTS achieves market value when selling surplus buildings and takes professional advice as part of the disposal process to make sure that this is the case. Sale receipts for court and tribunal buildings sold since 2016 are as follows<table><tbody><tr><td>Property</td><td>Receipt (£)</td></tr><tr><td>Abergavenny Magistrates Court</td><td>499,809</td></tr><tr><td>Barnstaple Magistrates' & County Court</td><td>95,000</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton Magistrates' Court</td><td>750,000</td></tr><tr><td>Bow County Court</td><td>3,500,000</td></tr><tr><td>Bracknell Magistrates' Court</td><td>1,000,001</td></tr><tr><td>Brecon Law Court</td><td>575,000</td></tr><tr><td>Bridgend Magistrates Court</td><td>375,000</td></tr><tr><td>Caerphilly Magistrates Court</td><td>445,000</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</td><td>223,000</td></tr><tr><td>Chester-le-Street Magistrates Court</td><td>100,000</td></tr><tr><td>Dolgellau Mags & Crown Court</td><td>67,509</td></tr><tr><td>Feltham Magistrates Court</td><td>2,150,000</td></tr><tr><td>Gloucester Western Road</td><td>850,000</td></tr><tr><td>Grantham Magistrates Court</td><td>560,000</td></tr><tr><td>Greenwich Magistrates Court</td><td>12,005,000</td></tr><tr><td>Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court</td><td>43,000,000</td></tr><tr><td>Holyhead Magistrates Court (North Anglsey),</td><td>112,500</td></tr><tr><td>Lambeth County Court</td><td>100,000</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates</td><td>1,000,000</td></tr><tr><td>Llangefni County Court</td><td>72,000</td></tr><tr><td>Neath And Port Talbot County Court</td><td>250,000</td></tr><tr><td>Northallerton Magistrates' Court</td><td>450,000</td></tr><tr><td>Pontypridd Magistrates Court</td><td>350,000</td></tr><tr><td>Rhyl County Court</td><td>92,150</td></tr><tr><td>Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates Court</td><td>9,850,000</td></tr><tr><td>Solihull Magistrates Court</td><td>4,300,000</td></tr><tr><td>Spalding Magistrates' Court</td><td>278,350</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham (Enfield) Magistrates Court</td><td>4,570,000</td></tr><tr><td>Waltham Forest Magistrates Court</td><td>3,471,040</td></tr><tr><td>Watford Magistrates Court</td><td>3,836,000</td></tr><tr><td>Weston Super Mare Magistrates' Court</td><td>116,078</td></tr><tr><td>Woolwich County Court</td><td>2,555,000</td></tr></tbody></table> The table above excludes transfers of surplus properties to other government departments (such as Homes England) as these are not categorised as sale transactions, but as internal transfers within government. Since the start of the Reform Programme all money raised from the sale of surplus buildings has been reinvested in the reform of HM Courts & Tribunals Service.HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold information on the resale value of former court and tribunal buildings. HM Courts and Tribunals Service does however monitor resale values in instances that could yield overage. As with any property, details of any subsequent sales can be obtained from the Land Registry.

answering member constituency

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

answering member printed

Paul Maynard

question first answered

08/07/2019 15:07:41

answering member

3926

label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1136198

registered interest

date

02/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Courts

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days in courts were presided over by a recorder in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) Greater Manchester in (i) each of the last three financial years and (ii) the 2019-20 financial year.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

272170

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

02/08/2019

answer text

The number of sittings days sat by recorders in the last three financial years in the requested locations are set out in the table below. These figures cover sitting days by recorders in County, Family and Crown Courts.<table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017</td><td>1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018</td><td>1 April 2018 to 31 December 20181</td></tr><tr><td>England</td><td>30,769</td><td>30,459</td><td>16,801</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Greater London</td><td>9,578</td><td>8,907</td><td>4,566</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Greater Manchester</td><td>1,522</td><td>1,720</td><td>907</td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table> 1 Note these figures are only for nine months as opposed to the twelve months in the columns for 2016/17 and 2017/18. This is because the latest published data only runs to December 2018 and under the Code of Practice for Official Statistics we cannot provide any more recent data until that data (covering 2019) has been published. The data for 2019 will be published in June 2020. The latest published data is available here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019</a>. It is part of the Royal Courts of Justice Annual Tables (which contain at Table 5.2 a breakdown of sitting days by type of work and level of judge) The data source for these figures are a number of operational systems and as such are liable to change and may not reflect previously published statistics. Last year Crown Court trial waiting times were at their lowest since 2014, with this year’s allocation of sitting days reflecting this.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

02/08/2019 14:31:06

answering member

4362

label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1136199

registered interest

date

02/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Courts: Disability

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether specialised employees with training on how to support people with disabilities are available in each court.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

272171

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

09/07/2019

answer text

HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) launched new guidance to staff in November 2018 to help ensure it meets its legal duty (under the Equality Act 2010) to provide reasonable adjustments for users with disabilities. This empowers staff to remove barriers and support users with disabilities. HMCTS will also shortly issue a new reasonable adjustment learning product for staff so that they have the capability and confidence to support court and tribunal users with disabilities. This learning will be mandatory for all HMCTS operational staff to complete. HMCTS also has a page on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> setting out the support it provides, pointing users to who they can contact to get the right support, and explaining how individual needs will be discussed with the judge hearing a case. HMCTS is committed to ensuring access to courts and tribunals is maintained for all staff and users.

answering member constituency

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

answering member printed

Paul Maynard

question first answered

09/07/2019 16:40:04

answering member

3926

label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1135970

registered interest

date

01/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Courts: Translation Services

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of court cases rescheduled due to problems with interpreting or translating services and (b) additional cost incurred from that rescheduling in each of the last three years.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

271430

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

04/07/2019

answer text

The Ministry does not hold central data for all jurisdictions and hearing types in which interpreters are used and to manually review each case would incur disproportionate costs. However, central information does exist on the number of trials listed in the criminal courts which were adjourned as a result of interpreters being unavailable. This data is published in Criminal Court Statistics.<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/criminal-court-statistics</a>A table detailing such occurrences over the last three years for which data is available is copied below. <table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3">Crown Courts</td><td colspan="3">Magistrates’ Courts</td></tr><tr><td>Year</td><td>Number of trials</td><td>Adjourned due to interpreter availability</td><td>% of trials adjourned due to interpreter availability</td><td>Number of trials</td><td>Adjourned due to interpreter availability</td><td>% of trials adjourned due to interpreter availability</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>37,339</td><td>30</td><td>0.1%</td><td>149,423</td><td>495</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td>2017</td><td>34,579</td><td>29</td><td>0.1%</td><td>136,962</td><td>423</td><td>0.3%</td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>29,583</td><td>17</td><td>0.1%</td><td>123,023</td><td>495</td><td>0.4%</td></tr></tbody></table> As the associated costs for HMCTS of rescheduling trial cases will vary, depending on whether other work was able to be heard in that courtroom, this information is not held centrally.The department continues to monitor its language service contracts closely and work with the suppliers to drive improvements and reduce the cost on the taxpayer. The Language Service contract has achieved a fulfilment rate of 97% over the first quarter of 2019.

answering member constituency

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

answering member printed

Paul Maynard

question first answered

04/07/2019 14:49:11

answering member

3926

label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1135971

registered interest

date

01/07/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Courts: Recorders

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sitting days in courts in England were presided over by a recorder in each of the last 18 months.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

271431

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

09/07/2019

answer text

The table below shows the number of sitting days in courts in England that were presided over by a recorder in each of the last 18 months to December 2018. These figures cover sitting days by recorders in County, Family and Crown Courts.<table><tbody><tr><td>Month</td><td>Recorder Sitting Days</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-17</td><td>2,645</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-17</td><td>2,886</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-17</td><td>3,158</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-17</td><td>2,774</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-17</td><td>2,576</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-17</td><td>1,901</td></tr><tr><td>Jan-18</td><td>2,755</td></tr><tr><td>Feb-18</td><td>2,437</td></tr><tr><td>Mar-18</td><td>2,462</td></tr><tr><td>Apr-18</td><td>1,763</td></tr><tr><td>May-18</td><td>1,967</td></tr><tr><td>Jun-18</td><td>2,153</td></tr><tr><td>Jul-18</td><td>2,138</td></tr><tr><td>Aug-18</td><td>2,059</td></tr><tr><td>Sep-18</td><td>1,982</td></tr><tr><td>Oct-18</td><td>1,963</td></tr><tr><td>Nov-18</td><td>1,727</td></tr><tr><td>Dec-18</td><td>1,051</td></tr></tbody></table> We are only able to provide information to December 2018 as this aligns with the latest information on court sitting days which is published on Gov.uk and is available here. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019</a>. It is part of the Royal Courts of Justice Annual Tables (which contain at Table 5.2 a breakdown of sitting days by type of work and level of judge)The data source for these figures are a number of operational systems and as such are liable to change and may not reflect previously published statistics.Last year Crown Court trial waiting times were at their lowest since 2014, with this year’s allocation of sitting days reflecting this.

answering member constituency

Blackpool North and Cleveleys

answering member printed

Paul Maynard

question first answered

09/07/2019 16:20:22

answering member

3926

label	Biography information for Paul Maynard

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1132240

registered interest

date

14/06/2019

answering body

Ministry of Justice

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Justice

answering dept sort name

Justice

hansard heading

Race and Ethnicity Board

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are members of the Race and Ethnicity Board that was established as a result of the Lammy Review; how many hours the members of that Board have worked in the last 12 months; what the budget is of that Board; and whether the Budget has remained the same in each year since that Board was established.

tabling member constituency

Bolton South East

tabling member printed

Yasmin Qureshi

uin

264755

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

19/06/2019

answer text

As part of the Government’s response to the Lammy Review, we have set up a Race and Ethnicity Board to oversee progress on the recommendations, and the wider agenda of race disparity. The Board currently has circa 22 members and is chaired by the Ministry of Justice Director General for Policy, Communications and Analysis. Membership of the Board includes senior level representation from departmental policy groups (from Ministry of Justice and other government departments), operational bodies such as HM Prison and Probation Service, HM Courts and Tribunal Service, and the Crown Prosecution Service, and external members. It is not possible to isolate individual time spent on race disparity work, as the board members hold these positions as part of their wider work responsibilities. However, the board was set up in January 2018 and has since met on a quarterly basis. The board does not have a dedicated budget as work is resourced separately by the various organisations responsible for actions to address racial disparities.

answering member constituency

Charnwood

answering member printed

Edward Argar

question first answered

19/06/2019 16:04:02

answering member

4362

label	Biography information for Edward Argar

tabling member

3924

label	Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi