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1466526

registered interest
date	26/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government collects evidence on abuse of the civil damages system by people involved in terrorism-related activity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	9834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government estimates fewer than 50 claims have been brought in the last ten years which would be likely to generate an application made under the reforms proposed in the National Security Bill currently before Parliament to reduce, freeze or forfeit civil damages to claimants involved in terrorism.</p><p>We are legislating to reduce the risk that large sums of money will be paid out in awards of damages to claimants where there is a real risk of their using it to support acts of terror.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 06/06/2022 15:37:03 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1399339

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Greater London
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 November 2021 to Question 67051, what progress he has made in reducing the delays at Westferry Family Court; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	96753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Work continues to be undertaken on the redistribution of work to help support East London Family Court. Capacity across the estate is being fully utilised and Financial Remedy and Public Law cases continue to be heard at the Royal Courts of Justice and the Nightingale Court at Petty France. Pilot Practice Directorate 36Q has also been implemented at East London Family Court (New <strong>Pilot Practice Direction</strong> 36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing applications for Child Arrangements Orders).</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the continuing exceptionally high receipts of Private Law work at East London Family Court, along with the continuing pressures on judicial recruitment and Cafcass resource, it has been agreed with the Senior Judiciary that some of this work will initially be heard at Central and West London Family Courts with a longer plan of transferring some of the East London postcodes to these courts to balance the waiting times across the region.</p><p> </p><p>The impact of the rebalancing exercise is unlikely to show for several months due to the nature of how cases are listed. However, despite continuing pressures, outstanding cases remain fairly static with 2299 at the end of October and 2251 at the end of December.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://hmcts-opt/ords/f?p=100:500::::::" target="_blank">OPT Report - FamilyMan Private Law Workload and Performance (BY CASE)</a></p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/01/2022 17:35:28 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1364931

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the delays in hearing cases at Westferry Family Court.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The administration and senior judiciary are working closely together to increase the sitting capacity across the East London Cluster which comprises of East London Family Court, Croydon County and Bromley County Court and to re-balance the volumes of work across the Region.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the pressures on family work across the East London Estate, a Nightingale Court was created at Petty France with four additional courts. Additional courts are also being utilised in Stratford Magistrates and the Royal Courts of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The increased use of digital hearings in family have allowed the court to utilise more part-time judiciary and increase the number of hearings heard on a remote basis, and the introduction of PD36Q* is enabling the court to progress private law cases through the system more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>*PD36Q New Pilot Practice Direction 36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing applications for Child Arrangements Orders.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 67051 question first answered 04/11/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1364932

registered interest
date	01/11/2021
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) children and (b) families of the seven month delay in hearing cases at Westferry Family Court.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2021 answer text <p>The administration and senior judiciary are working closely together to increase the sitting capacity across the East London Cluster which comprises of East London Family Court, Croydon County and Bromley County Court and to re-balance the volumes of work across the Region.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of the pressures on family work across the East London Estate, a Nightingale Court was created at Petty France with four additional courts. Additional courts are also being utilised in Stratford Magistrates and the Royal Courts of Justice.</p><p> </p><p>The increased use of digital hearings in family have allowed the court to utilise more part-time judiciary and increase the number of hearings heard on a remote basis, and the introduction of PD36Q* is enabling the court to progress private law cases through the system more quickly.</p><p> </p><p>*PD36Q New Pilot Practice Direction 36Q came into force from 23 April 2020. Pilot PD36Q modifies PD12B (Child Arrangements Programme) to provide temporary local flexibility over procedures for progressing applications for Child Arrangements Orders.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 67050 question first answered 04/11/2021 17:27:12 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1105305

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Ghana
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 to ensure that out-of-country appeals from Ghana are conducted fairly and without prejudice to an appellant’s case; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	236989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) are managed in accordance with the Chamber Rules which provide flexibility for dealing with individual cases. The Rules give the Tribunal Judge wide case management powers in order to ensure that cases are dealt with fairly and justly whether in country or out of country.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 01/04/2019 16:46:12 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1082320

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration appeals are pending in ETS-linked cases.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	228537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Information on ETS-linked immigration appeals is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/03/2019 17:33:06 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1079326

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Immigration: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many immigration appeals were (a) submitted and (b) determined in each of the last five years in relation to Home Office refusal, curtailment and removal decisions in ETS-linked cases.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	227034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 05/03/2019 16:59:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1024691

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of education programmes in prisons are delivered by charities and social enterprises.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	202027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Department does not hold this information centrally, obtaining it would require contacting and collating information from all prisons in England and Wales, which could only be done at disproportionate cost. We very much value engagement by charities and social enterprises and expect both the opportunities for this key sector to engage with the prison education agenda, and the practical ability of it to do so, to increase significantly when our reforms come fully into effect from April 2019. These reforms are empowering governors to determine their curriculum, how it is organised and arranged, and who delivers it. Our new prison education Dynamic Purchasing System, which already contains more than 170 suppliers wishing to deliver education services in prisons, will help governors shape an education service that reflects the particular needs of their establishment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 202028 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:28:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1024692

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of education programmes in prisons are funded by charitable sources.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	202028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Department does not hold this information centrally, obtaining it would require contacting and collating information from all prisons in England and Wales, which could only be done at disproportionate cost. We very much value engagement by charities and social enterprises and expect both the opportunities for this key sector to engage with the prison education agenda, and the practical ability of it to do so, to increase significantly when our reforms come fully into effect from April 2019. These reforms are empowering governors to determine their curriculum, how it is organised and arranged, and who delivers it. Our new prison education Dynamic Purchasing System, which already contains more than 170 suppliers wishing to deliver education services in prisons, will help governors shape an education service that reflects the particular needs of their establishment.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart grouped question UIN 202027 question first answered 14/01/2019 16:28:14 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1024693

registered interest
date	13/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prisons: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of education courses embarked upon by prisoners are (a) completed in the same prison in which they were started, (b) completed in a different prison and (c) not completed.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	202029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Data on learner participation and achievement is recorded by prison education providers and held by the Department for Education. The available published data on prison education participation and completion rates covers the academic years 2010/11 to 2017/18 and can be found at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/761349/201718_Nov_MAIN_OLASS_Particpation_FINALv1.xlsx</a></p><p><br>Our reforms to prison education are in line with our Education and Employment Strategy. The new Prison Education Framework contracts let on the basis of groups of prisons within which many prisoners can expect to serve their sentence, mean that continuity of provision should improve significantly. Our key reforms to empower prison governors, enabling them to determine their curriculum and how it is organised and delivered within the context of a coherent Lot, will improve significantly the system’s ability to ensure learning that commences is completed.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/12/2018 17:52:42 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms