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1221214

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Tribunals: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's timescale is for allowing tribunals to sit as the covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	69430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>Tribunals have continued to sit during the covid-19 lockdown restrictions by making use of online and remote technology to hear cases and ensure continued access to justice for users. Face to face hearings are now starting to resume where it is safe to do so in line with comprehensive and ongoing risk assessments.</p><p>Having responded effectively to the immediate crisis, HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is now fully focused on recovering its operations to increase courts and tribunals capacity to deal both with normal workloads across jurisdictions and outstanding cases. HMCTS has recently published a progress update on its recovery plans.</p><p>assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/896779/HMCTS368_recovery_-_COVID-19-_Overview_of_HMCTS_response_A4L_v3.pdf</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/07/2020 15:42:16 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1226757

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of applications for probate were processed within his Department's target for processing those applications.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	77510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>There are no prescribed target times for dealing with probate applications. The average time for a grant of probate to be issued following receipt of an application for January to March 2020 is set out below</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Application submission to grant issue<sup>6</sup></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Document receipt to grant issue<sup>4,6</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Quarter</p></td><td><p>Grants issued</p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean weeks</p></td><td><p>Median weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>Q1</p></td><td><p>49,712</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HMCTS Core Case Data</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) HMCTS Core Case Data came into effect at the end of March 2019, following a transition between data systems recording information regarding The Probate Service</p><p>2) The average timeliness figures are produced by calculating the time from application/document receipt (which may be from an earlier period) to the grant issued made in that period.</p><p>3) Averages presented here may be based on a small number of grants. Where this occurs, any conclusion drawn from these will be limited.</p><p>4) Document receipt occurs after payment has been made and all accompanying paperwork has been received by HMCTS</p><p>5) Due to quality issues in the transition between data systems, the breakdown by type of grant has not been published for Q2 2019 (denoted by :).</p><p>6) For digital applications the receipt is instant but no work can start until the Will is sent to us. Therefore, for digital cases the measure of waiting times is from document receipt rather than the application submission.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 07/09/2020 09:34:36 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564330

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Probate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many probate cases are under consideration in England; and what proportion of those cases have been waiting for a decision for six weeks or more.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	117447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">There were 53,253 probate cases in the Open Caseload<sup>1</sup> as at 31 December. Of those 30,656 were more than 6 weeks old<sup>1</sup>. Of the cases over six weeks old 13,536 were stopped, 7,247 were awaiting documentation and 9,873 were ready to progress.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>1 </sup>Data as at 31 December in line the official published stats. The administration of probate applications is dealt with as a national service, covering England and Wales. The open caseload excludes cases older than 6 months.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><sup>2</sup>The time outstanding is counted from the application submission date recorded in the case management system, except for digital applications with a Will, where the date of receipt of the original Will by HMCTS is used.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This data is management Information. The management information presented in this table reflects what is recorded on relevant case-management systems on the date of extraction. The case management systems are continually updated and so the information presented will differ from previously published information. Management information can differ from the quality assured MOJ official statistics, which form the agreed definitive position. 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.</ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">The total amount of unassessed probate cases where evidence has been received to enable a case to be assessed is 12,923.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">4805 of these cases are over 6 weeks since the date the evidence was received.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In addition, there are 38,245 cases which are either waiting for evidence, such as the original will, to arrive, are subject to a legal hold following an application from another party or have been stopped due to an error or missing documentation and are waiting for a response from the applicant.</del></p><p>HMCTS has increased resources to meet the higher demand following an increased number of estates requiring probate and is further increasing resourcing to further bring down overall timeliness on digital and paper applications.</p><p>The improvement of the online probate system remains a priority for HMCTS, to ensure more applications can be issued first time and resources can be focused on reducing waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 16/01/2023 17:38:53 question first ministerially corrected 25/04/2023 12:20:11 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 47244 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

443062

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners: Voting Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department last discussed votes for prisoners with the Council of Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	21343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>I visited the Council of Europe and discussed votes for prisoners on 7 December 2015. We have consistently made clear that prisoner voting is a matter for Parliament to determine. I explained at the September Committee of Ministers meeting that there was no realistic prospect of Parliament lifting the current ban for the foreseeable future.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/01/2016 13:14:15 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1135826

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prisoners' Release: Employment
	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 support people leaving prison to move directly to employment on their release.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	271365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>One year ago, our Education and Employment Strategy set out plans to transform the way prisoners develop the skills they need to secure employment on release.</p><p> </p><p>Since then, we have introduced the New Futures Network (NFN), which brokers partnerships between prisons and employers in England and Wales. The Network places prisoners in jobs ahead of their release as well as facilitating Release On Temporary Licence (ROTL) placements, which offer continuity and can lead to immediate employment on release.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our new ROTL framework aims to increase the number of people these opportunities are available to by allowing more prisoners to access ROTL sooner and for longer.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:12:51 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

631933

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Prison Service: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much HM Prison Service has paid in redundancy packages to its staff in each since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	52471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Data on exit payments is in the NOMS Annual Report and Accounts and can be found on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 14/11/2016 15:42:39 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

443063

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce changes to procedures to deal with motor accident claims for whiplash.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	21344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2016 answer text <p>In his Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced further reforms to tackle the number and cost of whiplash claims. The Government will consult on the detail of these reforms in due course.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/01/2016 11:04:54 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1452737

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Redundancy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to ascertain whether P&O Ferries had sought a legal injunction to remove dismissed staff from their vessels.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	143556
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2022 answer text <p>Applications for injunctions of this type are made to the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court. As at 22 March 2022 no injunction applications have been made by P&amp;O Ferries seeking to remove dismissed staff from their vessels.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 24/03/2022 17:49:31 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1135823

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Unemployment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the unemployment rate among former male inmates compared with the rate among the general male population.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	271362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2019 answer text <p>In May last year, we published our plans for reforming prison education and improving employment outcomes for ex-offenders in the Education and Employment Strategy. The strategy created a system in which each prisoner was set on a path to employment, with prison education and work geared towards employment on release from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>In line with this, we introduced new performance measures to record the rates of employment for prison leavers at six weeks post-release. The Department is scheduled to publish the statistical data for this on 25 July in an annex to Community Performance Statistics on Gov.uk, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/prison-and-probation-trusts-performance-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 09/07/2019 16:14:15 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

757786

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Offenders: Repatriation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign prisoners have been (a) deported and (b) transferred to foreign prisons in 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	8869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is absolutely committed to removing Foreign National Offenders from the United Kingdom. 6,343 FNOs were removed in 2016/17 – a record number. Of these, 110 prisoners were transferred to prisons in their own countries in the same period.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 11/09/2017 13:34:16 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar