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1679394

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Law Reporting: Artificial Intelligence
	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 potential merits of using AI to produce trial transcripts.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	7747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2024 answer text <p>The government is constantly assessing how to improve the efficiency within the criminal justice system, including mechanisms to accelerate trial transcripts.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the potential merits to using automated technology for trial transcriptions, including a potential reduction in the time it takes to produce a transcription and comparative value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Transcriptions must achieve very high levels of accuracy (99.5%) to ensure the justice system can operate fairly and effectively. However, even software with learning capability cannot yet reliably meet the accuracy requirements for the service without human intervention.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 15/01/2024 16:46:02 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1663327

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many outstanding cases there are at (a) Dudley, (b) Walsall and (c) Wolverhampton Magistrates Court.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	201181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>As of the end of June 2023 the number of outstanding cases at Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton Magistrates’ Courts are as follows:</p><p>a) Dudley Magistrates' Court: 1,017</p><p>b) Walsall Magistrates' Court: 779</p><p>c) Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court: 935</p><p>This is a further breakdown of published data that can be found in the criminal court statistics quarterly publication: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2023</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 23/10/2023 16:19:15 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1655776

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Magistrates' Courts: Trials
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are currently awaiting trial in magistrates courts.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	195635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>The volume of outstanding ‘for trial’ cases at the magistrates’ courts is published as part of the National Statistics series ‘Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly’.</p><p><br>The latest published data is available to March 2023 and can be found in Table M1 which is accessible at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2023</a>.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 11/09/2023 14:14:44 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1584416

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department was consulted before the recent advice was issued by the National Leadership Magistrate to magistrates regarding the granting of warrants to force fit prepayment meters.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	140017
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The statutory responsibility for issuing guidance to the judiciary is held by the Lord Chief Justice, the Senior President of Tribunals, and the Chief Coroner. To preserve the independence of the judiciary, they are not subject to direction or required to consult the government on the guidance they issue.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 09/02/2023 17:06:34 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
	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

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

1365795

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when HMCTS Probate plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Warley of 7 September on behalf of Mr and Mrs Chadderton.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	69000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>HMCTS apologises for the delay in responding and confirms they have now responded on the 5<sup>th</sup> November 2021.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 10/11/2021 12:32:46 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1311095

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Coronavirus: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been issued for offences under covid-19 legislation; and how many of those fines have been paid.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	185278
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>National statistics on detailed offence level fines at court, including those relating to COVID-19 for the calendar year of 2020 are due for publication in May 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The NPCC publishes statistics on the number of Coronavirus Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) issued by police. The latest can be found here: <a href="https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/update-on-coronavirus-fpns-issued-by-police-march-2021" target="_blank">https://news.npcc.police.uk/releases/update-on-coronavirus-fpns-issued-by-police-march-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>Neither court nor NPCC data contains information about whether a fine has been paid.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/04/2021 12:04:56 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1310709

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Dogs: Tagging
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions there have been under the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015, and how many convictions secured.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	184357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions for offences under the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015, in England and Wales, up to December 2019, available in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, which can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938554/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/938554/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2019.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the data tool linked above, use the ‘Offence code’ filter to select the following offence code:</p><ul><li>111/26 - Various summary offences contrary to regulations under the Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015. (And the Microchipping of Dogs (Wales) Regulations 2015).</li></ul><p> </p><p>Number of prosecutions will populate Row 31; number of convictions will populate Row 32.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that this offence code includes offences under both Microchipping of Dogs (<strong>England</strong>) Regulations 2015 and Microchipping of Dogs (<strong>Wales</strong>) Regulations 2015. In order to identify defendants dealt with in England, specifically, use the ‘Police Force Area’ filter to select all options excluding those in Wales (i.e. Gwent, North Wales, South Wales and Dyfed-Powys).</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 29/04/2021 10:36:05 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1302736

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent estimate he has made of the number of cases scheduled to commence in 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	913483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>We have not made any forecast listings for the Judiciary. We expect almost 100% of Magistrate Courts cases are to be heard this year and over half of Crown Court custody cases to be heard in 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 16/03/2021 18:00:55 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar