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1059836

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Funerals: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what procedures are in place to (a) monitor and (b) prevent local authorities charging burial and cremation fees that above inflation rates.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	220090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice does not have procedures in place for these purposes.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 02/05/2019 15:45:47 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1082573

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the revised completion date of the courts reform programme on (a) the cost of the programme and (b) the predicted date when the cumulative benefits of the programme are expected to be greater than the cumulative costs.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	229148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>Learning from the services that have already been delivered and the feedback received, we have decided to re-order aspects of the programme to allow more time to develop some of the shared systems that sit behind our next set of online services, working to an updated finish date of 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The overall budget will remain unchanged. The cumulative benefits are expected to be greater than the cumulative costs from 2024/25, a year later than previously expected.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 12/04/2019 10:39:50 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 108025 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1108749

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Digital Technology
	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 29 March 2019 to Question 235313 on Courts: Telephone Services, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of recent reports that the face-to-face assisted digital support scheme has helped just 14 people since the introduction of that scheme; and what steps he is taking to increase uptake of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	239221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>We’re investing £1 billion to modernise the justice system, making it easier to use and providing better value for the taxpayer. Our reforms will provide a range of ways to access our services (digital, paper and phone) so users can choose the way the want to interact with HMCTS at any given time. Our digital services are developed iteratively, meaning that we continuously refine them to ensure they are as simple and easy to use as possible. However, we know that this isn’t always an option for some people so our assisted digital support services help people who are less confident using online systems to use the digital services.</p><p>HMCTS is piloting face to face digital support in 18 locations. Paper forms will also remain for those who choose to use them and improvements are also being made to paper forms.</p><p>We recognise that we need to look further at how we support those who need help with the digital process. HMCTS is continuing to raise awareness of the support on offer to ensure those who require help in these pilot areas can access it. Community engagement in pilot locations is increasing the number of referrals and seven sites will be added to the face-to-face pilot in May.</p><p>Pilot face-to-face centres are able to identify and refer people who need digital support to use HMCTS services in their communities. Since starting this process in January 2019, take up of the service has increased week on week with 41 people now having had successful appointments. We are continuing to look at the ways we can ensure that people get the support that they need.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/04/2019 16:29:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1109225

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the Buzzed article entitled The Ministry Of Justice Has Been Accused Of Sitting On Evidence That Undermines Its Drive To Close Courts, published on 18 March 2019, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of reports in that article that the Government chose not to publish data which suggested that people had a more positive experience of the justice system if they had physically been in court; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	239927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The HMCTS Citizen User Experience report was published in June 2018 on gov.uk. It is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmcts-citizen-user-experience-research. Raw data has also been shared with academics and the findings presented to them.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 11/04/2019 16:33:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 112738 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1109295

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coroners
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that requests to expedite decision-making by coroners on religious grounds are implemented, following the judgment of the Administrative Court in R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v Senior Coroner for Inner North London (2018 EWHC 969 (Admin).
	tabling member printed	Lord Popat
	uin	HL15012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2019 answer text <p>Coroners are independent judicial office holders and, as such, it would not be appropriate for Ministers to interfere in their decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Following the judgment of the Administrative Court in R (Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v Senior Coroner for Inner North London (2018) EWHC 969 (Admin), the Chief Coroner issued guidance to coroners on handling urgent decisions, including those concerning faith issues. The Guidance is a practical guide to assist coroners in situations where:</p><ul><li>a bereaved family has made a request to the coroner for urgent consideration of the death of a loved one and/or early release of the body; or</li><li>the coroner or coroner’s officers otherwise become aware of features of a particular death which may justify treating it as especially urgent.</li></ul><p><br> The Guidance provides a summary of the guiding principles and is available at: <a href="https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/guidance-no-28-report-of-death-to-the-coroner-2010517.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/guidance-no-28-report-of-death-to-the-coroner-2010517.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie question first answered 17/04/2019 12:14:53 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	4173 label Biography information for Lord Popat

1109721

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Electoral Register: Prosecutions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for failing to register on the electoral register; and what the average level was of the fine imposed; in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Leigh
	tabling member printed	Jo Platt
	uin	241094
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice holds data on the number of people prosecuted and fined for failing to provide required information to an electoral registration officer, which can be seen in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>2013</td><td>2014</td></tr><tr><td>Prosecuted</td><td>111</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Received a fine</td><td>45</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Average fine</td><td>£242</td><td>£600</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures on criminal prosecutions are not available beyond 2014 because a change in legislation saw failing to register on the electoral register become a civil (rather than criminal) matter.</p><p> </p><p>For years following 2013, failing to register on the electoral register was dealt with as a standard fine, where local councils can send letters requesting the fine rather than beginning a civil case. Only if the offender refuses to pay, and the council believes it is worth pursuing, would the case be sent to county court and recorded as a ‘specified money claim’. However, centrally held information does not separately identify ‘failing to register on the electoral register’.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/04/2019 13:49:23 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1109726

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
	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 14 June 2018 to Question 152051, and with reference to the fifth annual Report to Parliament on the use of closed material procedures published in December 2018, what steps he has taken to establish the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; and when that review is scheduled to begin.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	240976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>A reviewer has not been appointed yet. Discussions between officials are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 240977 240978 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:24:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1109728

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
	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 14 June 2018 to Question 152051, and with reference to the December 2018 publication of the fifth annual Report to Parliament on the use of closed material procedures, when he plans to announce the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	240977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>A reviewer has not been appointed yet. Discussions between officials are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 240976 240978 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:24:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1109729

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Justice and Security Act 2013
	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 14 June 2018 to Question 152051, how he plans to determine the terms of reference for the review of the operation of sections 6 to 11 of the Justice and Security Act 2013; and whether he will consult civil society and the legal profession on the nature and scope of that review.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	240978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>A reviewer has not been appointed yet. Discussions between officials are ongoing and an announcement will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 240976 240977 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:24:37 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1109804

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probation
	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 review the provision by community rehabilitation companies and the not for profit sector of probation services.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	241067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>I am clear that public, private and voluntary sector providers all have an important role to play in probation. In developing arrangements for the future of probation after current contracts for Community Rehabilitation Companies expire, we are reflecting carefully on the balance of public, private and voluntary sector in delivering probation services. This includes ensuring we harness the dedication and commitment of the voluntary sector to rehabilitate offenders and reduce reoffending. We will set out more detailed plans shortly.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 12/04/2019 13:54:02 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts