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1348235

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Hearing Impaired
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance his Department (a) has given and (b) plans to give to (i) HM Courts and Tribunals Service personnel and (ii) the Judiciary on enabling hearing impaired users to use specialist equipment assessed as suitable for them at attended Court hearings; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	35515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>HMCTS will provide reasonable adjustments for court and tribunal users with disabilities and takes steps to avoid treating people less favourably because of their disability. Court and tribunal users are encouraged to get in touch with HMCTS to discuss any particular adjustments they may need. HMCTS staff will sensitively ask those needing reasonable adjustments what support they require in order to be able to provide reasonable adjustments. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for all of those people with hearing loss to be able to access hearings in person.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reasonable adjustment guidance and broader disability guidance is provided to all HMCTS staff for in person hearings and remote hearings. All guidance raises awareness of the issues people with hearing loss may face, and the reasonable adjustments which may help them to fully participate in hearings. Guidance also provides practical help for staff to ensure they know what hearing enhancement equipment is available in their buildings for users and how to use it. It includes a checklist for making sure that staff have time to test hearing enhancement equipment and are comfortable with how it’s used.</p><p> </p><p>The Judiciary of England and Wales is constitutionally independent of Government, so the MoJ does not issue guidance to the judiciary. Judicial guidance on equal treatment is provided through access to the Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB), published by the Judicial College, and learning materials which provide explicit guidance on working with diverse individuals such as those who have hearing loss.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 35512 35516 question first answered 22/07/2021 16:59:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1348236

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Hearing Impaired
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the needs of a hearing impaired court user for reasonable adjustment to enable them to access hearings in person are met in all cases; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	35516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>HMCTS will provide reasonable adjustments for court and tribunal users with disabilities and takes steps to avoid treating people less favourably because of their disability. Court and tribunal users are encouraged to get in touch with HMCTS to discuss any particular adjustments they may need. HMCTS staff will sensitively ask those needing reasonable adjustments what support they require in order to be able to provide reasonable adjustments. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for all of those people with hearing loss to be able to access hearings in person.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Reasonable adjustment guidance and broader disability guidance is provided to all HMCTS staff for in person hearings and remote hearings. All guidance raises awareness of the issues people with hearing loss may face, and the reasonable adjustments which may help them to fully participate in hearings. Guidance also provides practical help for staff to ensure they know what hearing enhancement equipment is available in their buildings for users and how to use it. It includes a checklist for making sure that staff have time to test hearing enhancement equipment and are comfortable with how it’s used.</p><p> </p><p>The Judiciary of England and Wales is constitutionally independent of Government, so the MoJ does not issue guidance to the judiciary. Judicial guidance on equal treatment is provided through access to the Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB), published by the Judicial College, and learning materials which provide explicit guidance on working with diverse individuals such as those who have hearing loss.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp grouped question UIN 35512 35515 question first answered 22/07/2021 16:59:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1362480

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Hearing Impairment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance has been provided by his Department to HMCTS officials on court hearing participants using specialist equipment assessed as suitable including Roger assistive devices.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	61116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>The Equality Impact Assessment will be published alongside an evaluation of the use of remote hearings during the covid-19 outbreak. HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) aims to publish the evaluation in due course.</p><p>HMCTS Reasonable Adjustment Guidance and training are intended for internal use and HMCTS does not intend to publish these materials. Remote participation in hearings provides an alternative method for conducting a hearing. However, attending a hearing remotely will not always be appropriate. The option to hold a remote hearing is at the discretion of a judge, who will decide if it is appropriate and in the interests of justice to do so, taking into account the needs of the parties involved. The allocation of court facilities will be provided accordingly. HMCTS is committed to ensuring that remote hearings are accessible to all users including those with hearing loss.</p><p>To preserve the independence of the judiciary, the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ), the Senior President of the Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner have statutory responsibility for judicial training.  All judicial training materials are created and held by the Judicial College which is independent from the Ministry of Justice.</p><p>All judicial office holders have access to the Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB).  This is a publicly available guidance document that provides explicit guidance on a wide range of considerations, including with individuals who are hard of hearing.  The ETBB is published here: <a href="http://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Equal-Treatment-Bench-Book-February-2021-1.pdf" target="_blank">www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Equal-Treatment-Bench-Book-February-2021-1.pdf</a>.</p><p>HMCTS has issued guidance to staff highlighting that court/tribunal users with hearing loss may wish to use personal or specialist equipment including Roger assistive devices in our buildings.  Where a court/tribunal user wishes to use equipment at a hearing not provided by HMCTS this is subject to judicial approval.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 61114 61115 question first answered 27/10/2021 16:14:50 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1224008

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Cremation: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when covid-19 restrictions on interment of ashes following cremation will be lifted; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	72815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2020 answer text <p>There are no Government restrictions on the interment of ashes. It has never been Government policy to prevent the interment of ashes, and the Government amended the Regulations on 22 April to make it clear that it was only crematoria buildings which had to close to members of the public, except for funerals and burials. There have never been restrictions on the grounds surrounding crematoria, including burial grounds and gardens of remembrance. The restrictions on crematoria buildings were then lifted on 4 July.</p><p>The law does not compel the owners and managers of these places to keep them open, and there are many reasonable justifications for why they may need to close temporarily, such as when conducting a funeral, or for maintenance. The Government urges the owners and managers of these places to take all practical steps towards enabling these places to be visited, in a safe manner consistent with social distancing guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 16/07/2020 11:28:59 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946889

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	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 reduce the amount of time that families of child claimants of disability living allowance have to wait between appealing a decision and their tribunal hearing date.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice is in the process of recruiting extra fee-paid judicial office holders. In the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) jurisdiction, which is the part of the tribunal system which deals with disability living allowance appeals, 226 new medical members have already been appointed and up to 125 disability-qualified members are currently being recruited. The SSCS jurisdiction will also benefit from the fact that 250 judges are being recruited across tribunals more widely. In addition, we are developing a new digital system to enable speedier processing of appeals and provide a better service for all parties to the proceedings. These measures will increase capacity, helping to reduce waiting times for appellants.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/09/2018 15:13:23 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

946890

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time is that families of child claimants of disability living allowance in Garston and Halewood constituency have to wait for a tribunal hearing when appealing the outcome of a mandatory reconsideration.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	167152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not categorise Disability Living Allowance appeals by the age of the appellant. This information is therefore not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:50:22 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

968255

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	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 23 July 2018 to Question 167151 on Disability Living Allowance: Appeals, what the timeframe is for the reduction in the waiting times to be achieved; and what recent assessment she has made of the potential level of reduction in waiting times.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	170701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>Training is underway for the judicial office holders who have already been recruited to the Tribunal. Once this is completed we expect more cases to be listed, improving the throughput in the tribunal. We will continue to work closely with the judiciary to reduce waiting times including judicial consideration of whether a hearing should be expedited.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 10/09/2018 16:58:27 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

984905

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disability Living Allowance: Appeals
	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 5 September 2018 to Question 170701 on Disability Living Allowance: Appeals, what the timeframe is for the completion of training for the judicial office holders.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	177611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Training takes place for groups of appointments of new judicial office holders, once they have been recruited from the competitions run by the Judicial Appointments Commission. Disability Members receive two training days and Medical Members three because they also deal with Employment and Support Allowance as well as Personal Independence Payment, Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance. The most recently appointed Disability Qualified Members completed their induction training in October. Once the members are trained they are eligible to sit straight away.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 19/10/2018 13:40:16 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1122673

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disasters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on implementing the commitment in the Queen's Speech 2017 to introduce an independent public advocate who will act for bereaved families after a public disaster and support them at public inquests; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	246937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government conducted a consultation on our proposals for an Independent Public Advocate (IPA) which concluded on the 3rd December 2018. We are considering the response to those proposals and will be publishing our plans for establishing the IPA in due course.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 29/04/2019 10:04:54 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1146665

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Disasters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent progress has been made on implementing the commitment in the Queen's Speech 2017 to introduce an independent public advocate who will (a) act for bereaved families after a public disaster and (b) support those families at public inquests; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	291257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to doing all it can to support bereaved families after a public disaster and to ensure those families are supported during public inquests.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to consider the responses to the proposals for an Independent Public Advocate on which we consulted last year and will be publishing our plans for establishing the role in due course.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 01/10/2019 10:08:39 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle