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417334

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date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what representations he has received on the recent reduction in the legal aid budget.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>Both the Lord Chancellor and I have, and will continue to, engage with a broad range of legal aid providers and representative groups.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/09/2015 15:29:04 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417335

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Police Stations: Legal Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost per hour to the Public Defender Service of providing a legal representative in a police station; and what hourly rate is paid for such work under the Legal Aid system.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p /> <p>As a directly salaried service, the PDS does not bill for work in the same way as private practice, therefore it is not possible to provide a comparable estimate of cost per hour.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/09/2015 15:16:01 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417336

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Criminal Proceedings: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the cost to the public purse is per case for defendants represented by (a) the Public Defender Service and (b) firms in private practice.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>As a directly salaried service, the PDS does not bill for work in the same way as private practice, therefore it is not possible to provide a comparable estimate of cost per case.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/09/2015 14:52:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

417346

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Legal Aid Scheme: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what contingency plans his Department has made for the possibility of all criminal defence firms withdrawing their bids for new legal aid contracts.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	9104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Our policy is to implement the new own client and duty contracts on 11 January 2016. This is the best way to ensure a sustainable market for criminal legal aid and deliver value for money for the taxpayer. Sufficient bids have been received for the criminal duty contracts tender to go ahead.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 14/09/2015 15:22:10 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders